Rivers in New Jersey

Pike Run at Belle Mead

Somerset County, New JerseyNWS BMDN4USGS 01401650Mount Holly office

Below flood stage
3.02ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 11:15 AM EDT

Record crest
13.61 ft1999

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Action8.00 ft
  1. 8.00 ftWater begins to leave the channel and floods open adjacent land. River Road, Route 533, well downstream from the gage, can flood due to the combined effects of high water on Pike Run and backwater effects from the Millstone. No other known inundation or significant impacts exist at this time.

Crest history

10 crests on NOAA’s list since 1971.

#DateStage
1September 16, 199913.61 ft
2August 28, 201113.10 ft
3October 19, 199612.17 ft
4August 28, 197112.10 ft
5July 7, 198411.76 ft
6January 19, 199610.85 ft
7April 15, 20078.95 ft
8March 22, 19998.04 ft
9March 30, 20147.49 ft
10January 23, 19986.81 ft

Most recent crests

  • March 30, 2014: 7.49 ft
  • August 28, 2011: 13.10 ft
  • April 15, 2007: 8.95 ft
  • September 16, 1999: 13.61 ft
  • March 22, 1999: 8.04 ft
  • January 23, 1998: 6.81 ft
  • October 19, 1996: 12.17 ft
  • January 19, 1996: 10.85 ft
  • July 7, 1984: 11.76 ft
  • August 28, 1971: 12.10 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.