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SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
LOCATION.--Lat 39°38'38", long 75°19'49"
referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Woodstown Borough, Salem
County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02040206, on right end of Memorial Lake Dam
at Woodstown, 0.3 mi upstream from Chestnut Run, and 0.3 mi downstream
from Salem County railroad bridge.
DRAINAGE AREA.--14.6 mi
2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Continuous-record discharge station, March to
September 1940, December 1941 to January 1984, June to December 1989,
October 2002 to current year. Annual maximum gage, 1985-95. Prior to
1952, published as "Salem Creek at Woodstown".
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR NJ-82-2: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage and precipitation recorder with telemetry
above concrete dam. Datum of gage is 29.49 ft above NGVD of 1929.
REMARKS.--Records fair, except for estimated discharges and
discharges below 5 ft
3/s, which are poor. Occasional
regulation from lake gate operations or other activities
upstream.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 22,000
ft
3/s, from rating curve extended above 1,100 ft³/s on basis
of slope-area measurement of peak flow at site 0.5 mi downstream, Sep
1, 1940, gage height, 17.98 ft, from high-water mark; minimum
discharge, 0.00 ft
3/s, many days, due to upstream regulation
or for short periods just after waste gate was closed and water was
below spillway.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1973 to current year.
REMARKS.--Discrete water-quality data were collected as part of
the
New Jersey Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network.
Peak
Flood Chart
National Weather Service flood stage for
this gage is 13 ft.
Gage can not record lake levels below about
9.52 feet.
Rain gage data is available from this location at this
link.
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