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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Date of Flood Crest(ft) Streamflow(cfs) Category Code 1903-10-09 10.5 9020 Moderate *** 1905-01-07 12.5 6840 Major *** 1906-03-03 8.8 5000 Minor *** 1919-07-21 10 6840 Moderate *** 1922-02-02 9 4330 Minor *** 1923-03-16 8.5 4590 Minor *** 1924-04-07 10 6840 Moderate *** 1925-02-12 9.8 3200 Minor *** 1926-02-19 9.52 -9999 Minor (1) 1926-02-25 8.05 4220 Minor none 1927-01-21 8.01 -9999 Minor (1) 1927-10-18 8 3730 Minor none 1927-11-03 8.1 3840 Minor none 1927-11-18 8.05 3730 Minor none 1928-02-15 8.57 4720 Minor none 1929-02-07 9.34 5790 Minor none 1929-02-26 8.42 4490 Minor none 1932-11-10 9.25 5660 Minor none 1932-11-19 8.1 3800 Minor none 1933-08-23 10.46 7640 Moderate none 1934-03-04 10.05 2980 Moderate (1) 1934-09-30 9.22 5610 Minor none 1935-07-09 10.8 8260 Moderate none 1936-03-12 9.37 5800 Minor none 1936-04-06 8.38 4460 Minor none 1938-07-23 8.51 4600 Minor none 1938-09-21 10.72 8130 Moderate none 1938-12-06 8.08 4080 Minor none 1940-02-11 8 -9999 Minor none 1940-03-15 12.19 10900 Major none 1940-05-21 9.35 5780 Minor none 1940-06-02 8.4 4460 Minor none 1941-02-07 8 3960 Minor none 1942-08-09 8.92 5160 Minor none 1944-03-13 8.46 4540 Minor none 1944-04-24 8.15 4140 Minor none 1945-07-19 12.22 10900 Major none 1945-12-26 9.06 -9999 Minor (1) 1946-06-02 9.03 5320 Minor none 1946-07-23 8.61 4740 Minor none 1948-02-19 8.54 -9999 Minor none 1948-05-13 8.66 4810 Minor none 1948-12-30 9.85 6580 Minor none 1949-01-06 8.54 4650 Minor none 1950-11-25 10 6840 Moderate none 1950-12-08 8.35 4400 Minor none 1951-03-30 8.76 4940 Minor none 1951-07-28 8.83 4930 Minor none 1951-11-07 12.01 10600 Major none 1951-12-21 8.38 4440 Minor none 1952-03-11 8.43 4510 Minor none 1952-04-05 8.03 4010 Minor none 1952-11-22 8.29 4330 Minor none 1953-01-24 8.47 4560 Minor none 1955-08-13 10.29 7330 Moderate none 1955-08-19 15.22 18000 Major none 1955-10-14 12.55 11700 Major none 1957-12-21 8.29 4320 Minor none 1958-02-28 9.04 5340 Minor none 1960-09-12 8.12 4100 Minor none 1962-03-12 8.25 4260 Minor none 1963-03-05 9.07 -9999 Minor (1) 1966-02-13 8.75 -9999 Minor (A) (1) 1967-08-03 8.17 4160 Minor (A) 1970-04-02 11.96 10500 Moderate (A) 1971-08-28 9.99 6820 Minor (A) 1972-06-22 10.25 7260 Moderate (A) 1973-02-03 8.24 4250 Minor (A) 1973-12-21 9.77 6460 Minor (A) 1975-07-13 8.89 5130 Minor (A) 1978-01-26 9.19 5560 Minor (A) 1979-01-25 12.72 12100 Major (A) 1980-03-22 8.3 4330 Minor (A) 1982-02-03 10.02 5300 Moderate (A) 1983-04-16 9.9 6670 Minor (A) 1984-07-07 12.04 10600 Major (A) 1987-04-05 9.11 5380 Minor (A) (E) 1989-09-20 9.65 6240 Minor (A) 1996-01-19 9.76 6430 Minor (A) 1996-10-19 9.91 6680 Minor (A) 1999-09-16 13.9 14800 Major (A) 2003-10-29 8.15 4130 Minor (A) 2003-12-11 9.24 5580 Minor (A) 2004-07-28 8.89 5062 Minor (A) 2004-09-29 8.1 4080 Minor (A) 2005-04-02 10.1 7010 Moderate (A) 2005-10-12 8.49 4550 Minor (A) 2006-06-28 9.33 5720 Minor (A) 2007-04-16 12.21 11000 Major (A) 2008-03-08 8.69 4800 Minor (A) 2009-07-02 8.19 4180 Minor (A) 2009-08-02 11.17 8940 Moderate (A) 2010-03-14 10.57 7830 Moderate none 2010-10-01 8.79 4930 minor none 2011-03-11 9.13 5530 Minor none 2011-04-17 8.17 4160 Minor none 2011-08-28 13.61 14100 Major none 2011-09-07 9.25 5590 Minor none 2011-09-08 11.98 10600 Moderate none 2011-09-28 9.69 6310 Minor none 2011-11-23 8.09 4070 Minor none

MARFC Codes
Code Description
(!!!) Datum changed during this year.
(1) Backwater Effect.
(2) 15.77 ft also occurred on 11/25/1950 but only counted as one flood.
(3) Estimated from currrent USGS rating table.
(4) Estimated height from the USGS.
(5) Gage height at a different site and/or datum
(6) Discharge affected by Regulation or Diversion
(7) Due to changes, prior floods were based on present flood stage. Therefore, flood data could possibly be incomplete.
(8) Gage is a staff gage and not the offical USGS gage. Therefore, some floods may be missing from our study.
(9) Discharge effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up
(A) Discharge affected to unknown degree by regulation or diversion.
(B) Month or day of occurrence is unknown or not exact.
(C) All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization, or other factors.
(D) Crest height adjusted to current datum.
(E) Estimated discharge.
(F) Only annual maximum peak available for this year.
(O) This flood occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. This is only a historical flood.
** Crest information looks reasonable despite potential problems. This data was used in our study.
*** Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and was not used in our flood frequency study.
**** Gauge was discontinued in 2004. 2004 and later was not used in our study.
none No code

Updated: 08:58 AM Jun 28, 2012