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USGS 01480700 East Branch Brandywine Creek near Downingtown, PA

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION
 
 
 
STATION.--01480700 EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK NEAR DOWNINGTOWN, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`02'05", long 75`42'32", Chester County, Hydrologic Unit 02040205, on right bank 20 ft downstream from bridge on Dowlin Forge Road, 200 ft east of State Highway 282, 0.4 mi downstream from Shamona Creek, 1.5 mi downstream from Marsh Creek, 2.0 mi upstream from Beaver Creek, and 2.2 mi north of Downingtown.
DRAINAGE AREA.--60.6 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1965 to current year. Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1948-57.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 270 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Prior to July 30, 1966, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.
 
 

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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 2.41   11-19-2004  17:15
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 08

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 92   11-19-2004  17:15
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 09
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 38 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
92  21 61.6 188 32.8 46.5 84.2

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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