Raritan River Below Calco Dam at Bound Brook NJ

USGS Site No: 01403060Raritan River • Somerset County, NJ

Raritan River Below Calco Dam at Bound Brook NJ on the Raritan River is currently at 211 cfs (Low — 19th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 16.81 ft.

Reading from

211
CFS Discharge
16.81
Gage Height (ft)
Low
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 179
25th Low threshold 231 Today: 211 cfs
50th (Median) Normal (median) 409
75th High threshold 711
95th Very High threshold 1,580

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

17k 8.3k 0 cfs Apr 7 May 29
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 29, 2026 243
May 28, 2026 324
May 27, 2026 484
May 26, 2026 887
May 25, 2026 1,770
May 24, 2026 1,500
May 23, 2026 199
May 22, 2026 215
May 21, 2026 284
May 20, 2026 147
May 19, 2026 139
May 18, 2026 126
May 17, 2026 146
May 16, 2026 161
May 15, 2026 184
Apr 21, 2026 201
Apr 20, 2026 209
Apr 19, 2026 224
Apr 18, 2026 241
Apr 17, 2026 259
Apr 16, 2026 281
Apr 15, 2026 273
Apr 14, 2026 313
Apr 13, 2026 314
Apr 12, 2026 339
Apr 11, 2026 370
Apr 10, 2026 362
Apr 9, 2026 378
Apr 8, 2026 431
Apr 7, 2026 535

Station Information

USGS Site No
01403060
State
NJ
Coordinates
40.5511, -74.5483
Drainage Area
785 mi²
Datum (ft)
-1.1
HUC Code
020301050506
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
26.0 ft
Flood Stage
28.0 ft
Moderate Flood
30.0 ft
Major Flood
33.0 ft

Currently 11.19 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
10,100 cfs
Mar 6, 2026
Min discharge
109 cfs
Feb 9, 2026
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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