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Raritan R at Raritan NJ (USGS-01400120) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This stream site, maintained by the USGS New Jersey Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NJ), has the name "Raritan R at Raritan NJ" and has the identifier USGS-01400120. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030105. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 474.00 sq mi.

This site is located in Somerset County County, New Jersey at 40.56444444000000 degrees latitude and -74.6358333000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-01400120" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2020 - 2022
Biological, Fish 2020 - 2022
Information 2020 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1977 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1977 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1977 - 1990
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1977 - 1990
Microbiological 1977 - 1991
Nutrient 1977 - 2022
Organics, Other 1977 - 2022
Organics, PCBs 1977 - 1990
Organics, PFAS 2020 - 2020
Organics, Pesticide 1977 - 2022
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2020 - 2020
PFOA, Perfluorooctanoic Acid 2020 - 2020
Physical 1977 - 2022
Radiochemical 1981 - 1981
Sediment 1978 - 1981
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NJ
OrganizationFormalName USGS New Jersey Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-01400120
MonitoringLocationName Raritan R at Raritan NJ
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02030105
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 474.00
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 40.56444444000000
LongitudeMeasure -74.6358333000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 035
ProviderName NWIS