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USGS 01480870 East Branch Brandywine Creek below Downingtown, PA

 

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STATION.--01480870 EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 39`58'07", long 75`40'25", Chester County, Hydrologic Unit 02040205, on left bank at downstream side of Sugars Bridge (U.S. Highway 322), 2,000 ft upstream from Valley Creek, 1.5 mi north of Marshallton, and 3.3 mi southeast of Downingtown.
DRAINAGE AREA.--89.9 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1972 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 195 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Feb. 1 to Apr. 10, and June 25 to Nov. 17, 1972, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage provided to USGS April 1999 is 7 feet.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by Chester County and the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.-- Water-quality data collection discontinued during winter months since the 1981 water year. Other interruptions in the record were due to malfunctions of the equipment.
 
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 136   11-19-2004  17:30
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 01
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 31 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
136  35 89.2 235 49.2 73.0 136

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

Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 2.76   11-19-2004  17:30
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 02
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