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Bound Brook in New Jersey

River11.3 mi
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Around Bound Brook

2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Bound Brook is an 11.3 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bound Brook at Middlesex NJ (site 01403900). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1972 to 2025

Bound Brook typically runs highest in March, at a median 67 cfs, and lowest in September, at 17 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,440 cfs, in 2011.

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Typical flow by month at Bound Brook at Middlesex NJ, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January5132 to 81
February5840 to 92
March6745 to 106
April5741 to 96
May5033 to 80
June3321 to 62
July2716 to 55
August2214 to 51
September1710 to 44
October2613 to 53
November3120 to 60
December5632 to 108

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 29 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bound Brook at Middlesex NJ (site 01403900). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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