About this river
Yellow Brook is a 2.7 mile river near Chasin' Tail Sportfishing in New Jersey. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Swimming River near Red Bank NJ (site 01407500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1922 to 2024
Yellow Brook typically runs highest in March, at a median 79 cfs, and lowest in September, at 14 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,360 cfs, in 2011.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55 | 34 to 85 | |
| February | 62 | 43 to 97 | |
| March | 79 | 52 to 110 | |
| April | 70 | 48 to 100 | |
| May | 51 | 31 to 83 | |
| June | 32 | 12 to 55 | |
| July | 18 | 2.1 to 39 | |
| August | 16 | 1.8 to 38 | |
| September | 14 | 0.7 to 38 | |
| October | 22 | 2.0 to 44 | |
| November | 35 | 13 to 58 | |
| December | 47 | 29 to 76 |
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 102 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Swimming River near Red Bank NJ (site 01407500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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