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USGS 01477000 Chester Creek near Chester, PA

 

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STATION.--01477000 CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 39`52'08", long 75`24'31", Delaware County, Hydrologic Unit 02040202, on right bank 30 ft downstream from bridge on Dutton Mill Road, and 3.0 mi northwest of Chester.
DRAINAGE AREA.--61.1 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1931 to current year. Monthly discharges only for some periods, published in WSP 1302.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 23.41 ft above Penn Central Railroad datum. Prior to June 27, 1966, water-stage recorder at site 50 ft upstream, and June 28, 1966, to Oct. 4, 1967, nonrecording gage 150 ft upstream, all at same datum.
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage provided to USGS April 1999 is 8 feet.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Delaware River Basin Commission, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
 
 

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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 2.90   11-19-2004  16:45
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 03

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 83   11-19-2004  16:45
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 04
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 72 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
83  17 63.4 526 36.0 49.5 79.2

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.
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