South Branch Raritan River at Stanton, Hunterdon County NJ (STTN4)
Gage Location: Hunterdon County, New Jersey	Site Location: Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Latitude: 40.573	Longitude: -74.868	Elevation: 125.01 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 147 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 8 ft.	Moderate Stage: 10 ft.	Major Stage: 12 ft.
First Flood: 1903-10-09	Last Flood: 2011-11-23 Crest: 8.09 ft.	Datum change: 1925-08-17	Number of Floods: 101

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Month Number of Floods After Datum Number of Floods Total Cumulative Total After Datum Cumulative Total January 6 7 6 7 February 12 14 18 21 March 12 14 30 35 April 9 10 39 45 May 2 2 41 47 June 4 4 45 51 July 9 10 54 61 August 8 8 62 69 September 9 9 71 78 October 6 7 77 85 November 8 8 85 93 December 8 8 93 101 Seasonal Totals Winter (Dec-Jan-Feb) 29 Spring (Mar-Apr-May) 26 Summer (Jun-Jul-Aug) 22 Fall (Sep-Oct-Nov) 24

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