Millstone River at Blackwells Mills, Somerset County NJ (BKWN4)
Gage Location: Somerset County, New JerseySite Location: Somerset County, New Jersey
Latitude: 40.475Longitude: -74.576Elevation: 26.97 ft. MSLDrainage Area: 258 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 9 ft. Moderate Stage: 10 ft.Major Stage: 15 ft.
First Flood: 1924-04-07Last Flood: 2011-12-08 Crest: 10.79 ft.Datum change: 1928-08-17Number of Floods: 144

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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
9 ft to 10 ft5336.89 ft or above 144100.0
10 ft to 11 ft3322.910 ft or above 9163.2
11 ft to 12 ft2316.011 ft or above 5840.3
12 ft to 13 ft149.712 ft or above 3524.3
13 ft to 14 ft96.213 ft or above 2114.6
14 ft to 15 ft32.114 ft or above 128.3
15 ft to 16 ft32.115 ft or above 96.2
16 ft to 17 ft21.416 ft or above 64.2
17 ft to 18 ft00.017 ft or above 42.8
18 ft to 19 ft10.718 ft or above 42.8
19 ft to 20 ft10.719 ft or above 32.1
20 ft to 21 ft00.020 ft or above 21.4
21 ft to 22 ft21.421 ft or above 21.4
Height Above Flood Stage After Datum Change
Height Above FSTotal OccurencePercent of Crest OccurrenceCumulative Total Flood OccurrencePercent of Floods above Listed Value
9 ft to 10 ft5338.19 ft or above 139100.0
10 ft to 11 ft3021.610 ft or above 8661.9
11 ft to 12 ft2115.111 ft or above 5640.3
12 ft to 13 ft1410.112 ft or above 3525.2
13 ft to 14 ft96.513 ft or above 2115.1
14 ft to 15 ft32.214 ft or above 128.6
15 ft to 16 ft32.215 ft or above 96.5
16 ft to 17 ft21.416 ft or above 64.3
17 ft to 18 ft00.017 ft or above 42.9
18 ft to 19 ft10.718 ft or above 42.9
19 ft to 20 ft10.719 ft or above 32.2
20 ft to 21 ft00.020 ft or above 21.4
21 ft to 22 ft21.421 ft or above 21.4





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