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Runyon Watershed Location in Middlesex County, New Jersey Show map of Middlesex County, New Jersey Runyon Watershed Location in New Jersey Show map of New Jersey Runyon Watershed Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Middlesex
Township and Borough	Old Bridge and Sayreville
Elevation	30 ft (9 m)
GNIS feature ID	879863

The Runyon Watershed is a reservoir system located in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey just south of Sayreville. It is operated by the Middlesex Water Company. The 1,100 acres (450 ha) watershed area was first established in the late 1800 when it was purchased by the city of Perth Amboy, which developed a reservoir and waterworks in the 1920s, and turned over management to the company in 2003. The area is protected, with more than 500 acres of the tract are wetlands that are from development by the state's 1990 Watershed Moratorium Act

A weather station in Runyon recorded a high temperature of 110 °F (43 °C) on July 10, 1936, setting the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in New Jersey.