Spruce Run at Clinton
Highest listed crest 5.35 ftFlood stage 4.0 ft10 crests since 1963
The Spruce Run at Clinton crested above flood stage 10 times among the 10 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1963 to 2024. The highest, 5.35 ft on September 2, 2021, was minor flooding, 1.35 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Spruce Run crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 5.35 ft
- September 2, 2021; 4,403 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 4.0 ft
- No major stage set
- Crests at major
- 0
- 10 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- January 10, 2024
- 5.15 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 3.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 4.0 | 10 | Jan 10, 2024 |
Every listed crest
10 crests from 1963 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
- Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
Highest crests
| 1 | Sep 2, 2021 | 5.35 | +1.35 | Minor |
| 2 | Apr 2, 1970 | 5.17 | +1.17 | Minor |
| 3 | Jan 10, 2024 | 5.15 | +1.15 | Minor |
| 4 | Sep 8, 2011 | 5.13 | +1.13 | Minor |
| 5 | Apr 16, 2007 | 5.01 | +1.01 | Minor |
| 6 | Mar 6, 1963 | 4.75 | +0.75 | Minor |
| 7 | Jul 7, 1984 | 4.67 | +0.67 | Minor |
| 8 | Dec 18, 2023 | 4.22 | +0.22 | Minor |
| 9 | Apr 16, 1983 | 4.19 | +0.19 | Minor |
| 10 | Apr 2, 2005 | 4.16 | +0.16 | Minor |
The worst floods along the Spruce Run
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Spruce Run that crested above flood stage within a week.
September 2, 2021: 5.35 ft here, minor flooding
- Glen GardnerNJ · Sep 2, 2021 · 7.99 ft · Minor
Gauges on the Spruce Run
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| Glen Gardner | NJ | 9.27 ft, Sep 16, 1999 | 0 |
| Clinton this gauge | NJ | 5.35 ft, Sep 2, 2021 | 0 |
Other gauges in Hunterdon County
| Frenchtown | 27.79 ft, Aug 20, 1955 | 7 |
| Clinton | 7.41 ft, Sep 20, 1989 | 0 |
| Reaville | 19.47 ft, Sep 2, 2021 | 0 |
| High Bridge | 14.26 ft, Jan 28, 1994 | 1 |
| Stanton | 15.22 ft, Aug 19, 1955 | 13 |
| Glen Gardner | 9.27 ft, Sep 16, 1999 | 0 |
Hunterdon County: every hazard · River floods across the country · New Jersey
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SRCN4, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.