Toms River

Toms River
Goose Neck Creek, Goose Creek, Toms Creek
Toms River Project, US Army Corps of Engineers, 1979
Toms River is located in New Jersey
Toms River
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
MunicipalityToms River, New Jersey
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMillstone Township, New Jersey
 • coordinates40°11′51″N 74°25′11″W / 40.19746°N 74.41973°W / 40.19746; -74.41973
 • elevation226 feet (69 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Toms River, New Jersey
 • coordinates
39°56′20″N 74°06′43″W / 39.93880°N 74.11201°W / 39.93880; -74.11201
Width 
 • maximum1.08 miles (1.74 km) at mouth
Discharge 
 • location39°59′13″N 74°13′23″W / 39.987°N 74.223°W / 39.987; -74.223
 • average191 cu ft/s (5.4 m3/s)
 • minimum37 cu ft/s (1.0 m3/s)
 • maximum3,940 cu ft/s (112 m3/s)
Basin features
CitiesMillstone Township, Freehold Township, Jackson Township, Manchester Township, Berkeley Township, Toms River, South Toms River, Beachwood, Pine Beach, Island Heights, Ocean Gate
WaterbodiesLake Hohenstein, Barnegat Bay

The Toms River is a 41.7-mile-long (67.1 km)[1] freshwater river and estuary in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The river rises in the Pine Barrens of northern Ocean County, then flows southeast and east, where it is fed by several tributaries, and flows in a meandering course through wetlands. The river empties into Barnegat Bay—an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean—and the Intracoastal Waterway at Mile 14.6.[2]

  1. ^ "The National Map - Advanced Viewer". apps.nationalmap.gov. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "5". United States Coast Pilot (PDF). 3 (56th ed.). National Ocean Service, NOAA (published July 23, 2023). 2023. p. 196. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 26, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.