Green Brook at Plainfield, NJ

River level and flood forecast · Somerset County

Normal1.5 ftas of Tue 12:30 AM

The last 7 days and the forecast

0246810WedThuFriSatSunMonTueAction 7 ftNowObserved (ft)NWS forecast

NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 7 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

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Flood stages

Action stage7 ft
Record crest (August 2, 1973)13.6 ft

Highest crests on record

  1. 13.6 ft — August 2, 1973
  2. 12.24 ft — September 2, 2021
  3. 12.17 ft — September 16, 1999
  4. 11.4 ft — October 19, 1996
  5. 10.92 ft — March 14, 2010

Recent crests: 8.74 ft (March 6, 2026) · 9.43 ft (January 10, 2024) · 8.9 ft (December 28, 2023) · 9.94 ft (December 18, 2023) · 12.24 ft (September 2, 2021)

Up and down the river, and nearby

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (GRBN4); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.