Delaware River at Trenton, Mercer County NJ (TREN4)
Gage Location: Mercer County, New JerseySite Location: Mercer County, New Jersey
Latitude: 40.222Longitude: -74.778Elevation: 0 ft. MSLDrainage Area: 6780 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 20 ft. Moderate Stage: 23 ft.Major Stage: 25 ft.
First Flood: 1687-05-29Last Flood: 2011-09-08 Crest: 23.11 ft.Datum change: 1928-10-03Number of Floods: 27

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Height Above Flood Stage for Entire Period of Record
Height Above FSTotal OccurencePercent of Crest OccurrenceCumulative Total Flood OccurrencePercent of Floods above Listed Value
20 ft to 21 ft936.020 ft or above 25100.0
21 ft to 22 ft28.021 ft or above 1664.0
22 ft to 23 ft28.022 ft or above 1456.0
23 ft to 24 ft416.023 ft or above 1248.0
24 ft to 25 ft28.024 ft or above 832.0
25 ft to 26 ft28.025 ft or above 624.0
26 ft to 27 ft00.026 ft or above 416.0
27 ft to 28 ft00.027 ft or above 416.0
28 ft to 29 ft28.028 ft or above 416.0
29 ft to 30 ft14.029 ft or above 28.0
30 ft to 31 ft14.030 ft or above 14.0
Height Above Flood Stage After Datum Change
Height Above FSTotal OccurencePercent of Crest OccurrenceCumulative Total Flood OccurrencePercent of Floods above Listed Value
20 ft to 21 ft738.920 ft or above 18100.0
21 ft to 22 ft15.621 ft or above 1161.1
22 ft to 23 ft211.122 ft or above 1055.6
23 ft to 24 ft316.723 ft or above 844.4
24 ft to 25 ft211.124 ft or above 527.8
25 ft to 26 ft211.125 ft or above 316.7
26 ft to 27 ft00.026 ft or above 15.6
27 ft to 28 ft00.027 ft or above 15.6
28 ft to 29 ft15.628 ft or above 15.6
29 ft to 30 ft00.029 ft or above 00.0
30 ft to 31 ft00.030 ft or above 00.0





Codes and description

C1|Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in frequency calculations. Some of the floods are based on current flood stage and nearby gage information.
C2|Crest information looks reliable despite potential problems. This data was used in frequency calculations.
C3|Crest height estimated by the USGS.
C4|Crest height is from the National Weather Service.
C5|Crest height affected by backwater.
C6|Crest occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. The crests below the new flood stage are not used in flood frequency calculations.
C7|Crest from USGS yearly peak and/or date is different than the crest we provide. In many cases MARFC uses crest based on backwater or ice effects.
C8|Crest month or day of occurrence has been estimated by The Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center usually based on nearby gage information.
C9|Crest date (day) in the month is unknown.
F1|Flow is an estimate.
F2|Flow affected by regulation or diversion and in some cases to an unknown degree.
F3|Flow effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up.
F4|Flow affected by dam failure.
F5|Flow - All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization or other factors.
G1|Gage height at a different site and/or datum.
G2|Gage is not an official USGS gage with crests provided by the NWS. Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in flood frequency calculations.
G3|Gage datum changed during this year.
none,No code; Good Data

Updated: 08:09 AM Feb 08, 2013