Raritan River

Raritan River at Manville NJ

Somerset County, New Jersey · USGS 01400500

Updated Sep 24, 11:15 AM EDT

How to read these numbers
Streamflow (ft³/s or CFS)

How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.

Gauge height (ft)

The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.

24-hour change

How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.

Historical median

The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.

River Pulse

Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.

NOAA flood stage

Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.

Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.

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RIVER PULSE

Current conditions · Falling

Streamflow is currently 253 ft³/s. Flow has fallen 48 CFS over the past 24 hours.

NOAA flood-stage status:Below action stage
Current 4.2 ft · 7.9 ft below action stage · Flood stage 14 ft
WATER QUALITY

Current water conditions

Dissolved oxygen
10
Sep 24, 11:15 AM EDT
pH
8
Sep 24, 11:15 AM EDT
Turbidity
2.2
Sep 24, 11:15 AM EDT
Specific conductance
409
Sep 24, 11:15 AM EDT
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: Somerset County
Drainage area: 490 mi²
Current measurements: 9
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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CURRENT MEASUREMENTS

Latest available readings

Chlorophyll fluorescence
Sep 24, 11:15 AM EDT
0.4
Phycocyanin fluorescence
Sep 24, 10:15 AM EDT
0.1
RIVER CAMERA

Latest USGS river camera

Recent imagery from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Raritan River at ManvilleRaritan River at Manville
Updated Sep 19, 10:00 PM EDT
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