Rockaway River at Main Street at Boonton, Morris County NJ (Old Site - BNTN4)
Gage Location: Morris County, New Jersey	Site Location: Morris County, New Jersey
Latitude: 40.908	Longitude: -74.419	Elevation: 364 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 116 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 5 ft.	Moderate Stage: 6 ft.	Major Stage: 7 ft.
First Flood: 1937-11-14	Last Flood: 2011-11-24 Crest: 5.09 ft.	Datum change: 2012-12-19	Number of Floods: 87

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Month Number of Floods After Datum Number of Floods Total Cumulative Total After Datum Cumulative Total January 0 10 0 10 February 0 3 0 13 March 0 18 0 31 April 0 10 0 41 May 0 7 0 48 June 0 5 0 53 July 0 4 0 57 August 0 4 0 61 September 0 5 0 66 October 0 5 0 71 November 0 7 0 78 December 0 9 0 87 Seasonal Totals Winter (Dec-Jan-Feb) 22 Spring (Mar-Apr-May) 35 Summer (Jun-Jul-Aug) 13 Fall (Sep-Oct-Nov) 17

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: 01:27 PM Feb 21, 2013