About this river
Pequest River is a 3.2 mile river near Lake Hopatcong Adventure Company in New Jersey. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Pequest River at Huntsville NJ (site 01445000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 2026
Pequest River typically runs highest in April, at a median 75 cfs, and lowest in September, at 12 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 960 cfs, in 2011.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47 | 25 to 76 | |
| February | 49 | 28 to 73 | |
| March | 74 | 55 to 110 | |
| April | 75 | 49 to 110 | |
| May | 48 | 32 to 76 | |
| June | 29 | 17 to 51 | |
| July | 18 | 9.6 to 35 | |
| August | 14 | 6.4 to 34 | |
| September | 12 | 5.2 to 28 | |
| October | 14 | 6.4 to 39 | |
| November | 28 | 12 to 55 | |
| December | 43 | 21 to 79 |
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 47 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Pequest River at Huntsville NJ (site 01445000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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