Geography
Bound Brook is located at 40°34′04″N 74°32′14″W / 40.567749°N 74.53725°W / 40.567749; -74.53725 (40.567749,-74.53725). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.695 square miles (4.389 km2), of which, 1.659 square miles (4.297 km2) of it is land and 0.036 square miles (0.092 km2) of it (2.10%) is water.
As the southern portion of the borough (including the downtown area) is a low-lying natural flood plain of the Raritan River, Bound Brook suffers occasional flooding after heavy rain. Flood control protection is now in place on the western and eastern sides of Bound Brook; however, the main flood levee that will protect the borough from damaging flood waters from the Raritan River is not expected to be completed until at least 2012. The flood levee is expected to provide protection from 150-year floods.
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