HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 01379500 PASSAIC RIVER NEAR CHATHAM NJ


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 100 sq.mi.                             Datum is 193.51 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 02030103 at Latitude: 40:43:31N  Longitude: 074:23:23W
Station is in the state of NJ (county code 027) and serviced by the NJ office.
Channel slope is 11.30 feet/mile
Stream length is 24.60 miles
Mean basin elevation is 323.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 11.20%    Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 48.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 3.30 inches
Annual precipitation is 48.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 22.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records before 1938 contain periods of constant estimated values during the winter months.


Daily and longer averages for 59 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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