Sucker Brook (Lawrence Brook tributary)

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Sucker Brook
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Map of Sucker Brook
Location
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates 40°27′40″N74°27′09″W / 40.46111°N 74.45250°W / 40.46111; -74.45250
Mouth  
  coordinates
40°26′58″N74°26′52″W / 40.44944°N 74.44778°W / 40.44944; -74.44778
  elevation
23 ft (7.0 m)
Basin features
Progression Lawrence Brook, Raritan River, Atlantic Ocean

Sucker Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in central New Jersey in the United States.

Contents

Course

The source of Sucker Brook is several pools located in a housing development at 40°27′40″N74°27′09″W / 40.46111°N 74.45250°W / 40.46111; -74.45250 . It travels in a pipe under Route 130, and then runs between a housing development. It drains into Lawrence Brook at 40°26′58″N74°26′52″W / 40.44944°N 74.44778°W / 40.44944; -74.44778 near Westons Mill Pond, a dammed section of Lawrence Brook. [1]

Sister tributaries

History

Map of North Brunswick, New Jersey, 1876. Sucker Brook flows to Lawrence Brook below Milltown at the upper right. Map of North Brunswick 1876.png
Map of North Brunswick, New Jersey, 1876. Sucker Brook flows to Lawrence Brook below Milltown at the upper right.

An 1876 map of North Brunswick shows that Sucker Brook at one time transversed the present day U.S. 1, Milltown Road, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st Avenues, and Allgair Avenue, and ended near Nassau Street east of George's Road.

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References

  1. "USGS GNIS - Sucker Brook". USGS. Retrieved July 10, 2020.