USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01460595 Delaware & Raritan Canal at Landing Lane, at New Brunswick, NJ
LOCATION - Lat 40°30'28", long 74°27'51" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, New Brunswick City, Middlesex County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02030105, on left bank of canal, 100 ft downstream from bridge on Landing Lane, and 0.4 miles upstream from spillway into the Raritan River.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Continuous-record gage-height station, February 2018 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with telemetry. Datum of gage is NAVD 1988. The canal diverts water from the Delaware River at Raven Rock and discharges into Raritan River at New Brunswick.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCRETE DATA: Water years 1998-99, and 2017 to current year.
CONTINUOUS DATA:
pH, January 2012 to current year.
Specific Conductance, January 2012 to current year.
Water Temperature, January 2012 to current year.
Turbidity, January 2012 to current year.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
Maximum water temperature, 30.7 deg C, Jul 11, 2024; minimum water temperature, 0.1 deg C, many days.
Maximum specific conductance, 1090 uS/cm, many days; minimum specific conductance, 67 uS/cm on Sep 2, 2021.
Maximum pH, 9.3 std units, many days; minimum pH, 6.5 std units, many days.
Maximum turbidity, 666 FNU on Sep 2, 2021; minimum turbidity, < 0.5 FNU, many days.
Maximum relative chlorophyll, 5.84 RFU, on Aug 1, 2024; minimum relative chlorophyll, 0.05 RFU on many days.
Maximum relative phycocyanin, 3.22 RFU, on on many days; minimum relative phycocyanin, 0.0 RFU on many days.