Blue Brook (Green Brook tributary)

Blue Brook
	Lake Surprise, viewed from WR Tracy Drive
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Union
Physical characteristics
Main source	Summit, New Jersey; Summit, New Jersey; 40°42′43″N74°21′30″W / 40.71194°N 74.35833°W
River mouth	Green Brook ; Berkeley Heights, New Jersey ; 190 ft (58 m); 40°39′59″N74°24′12″W / 40.66639°N 74.40333°W Coordinates: 40°39′59″N74°24′12″W / 40.66639°N 74.40333°W

Last updated March 15, 2019

Blue Brook^[1] is a tributary of Green Brook in Union County, New Jersey, in the United States.

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

Green Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River in central New Jersey in the United States.

Union County, New Jersey County in the United States

Union County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 563,892, making it the seventh-most populous of the state's 21 counties, an increase of 5.1% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 536,499, in turn an increase of 13,958 (2.7%) from the 522,541 enumerated in the 2000 Census. In 2010, Union County slipped to the seventh-most populous county in the state, having been surpassed by Ocean County. Union County is part of the New York metropolitan area. Its county seat is Elizabeth.

Blue Brook flows from Summit through Lake Surprise in the Watchung Reservation and terminating at Seeley's Pond near the corners of Diamond Hill Road and Valley Road where it joins Green Brook.

Summit is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 21,457, reflecting an increase of 326 (+1.5%) from the 21,131 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,374 (+7.0%) from the 19,757 counted in the 1990 Census. Summit had the 16th-highest per capita income in the state as of the 2000 Census According to Bloomberg, Summit ranked as the 72nd richest town in America in 2018, with an average household income of $220,971.

Lake Surprise is a reservoir made by Surprise Lake Dam on the Blue Brook in Watchung Reservation. On the border of Berkeley Heights and Mountainside in Union County, New Jersey, the lake was created in 1845 for David Felt's papermill.

Watchung Reservation is the largest nature reserve in Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is bounded by the city of Summit, the borough of Mountainside, and the townships of Berkeley Heights, Scotch Plains, and Springfield.

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Blue Brook (Green Brook tributary)

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