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 01408500 TOMS RIVER NEAR TOMS RIVER NJ


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 123 sq.mi.                             Datum is 8.10 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 02040301 at Latitude: 39:59:10N  Longitude: 074:13:29W
Station is in the state of NJ (county code 029) and serviced by the NJ office.
Channel slope is 6.30 feet/mile
Stream length is 22.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 109.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 13.60%    Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 84.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 9.60 inches
Annual precipitation is 47.50 inches
Precipitation intensity is 4.10 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 23.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Minor diversions upstream since 1966 judged not not to interfere with suitability of record. Records before 1930 do
   not fit HCDN criteria.


Daily and longer averages for 59 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
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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