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USGS 01480300 West Branch Brandywine Creek near Honey Brook, PA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 40°04'22",   Longitude 75°51'40"   NAD27
Chester County, Pennsylvania, Hydrologic Unit 02040205
Drainage area: 18.7 square miles
Datum of gage: 591.20 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2007-10-01  2025-10-30  
 Daily Data
    Precipitation, total, inches  2002-10-01  2014-09-30  3603 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1960-06-01  2025-10-29  23892 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2006-11-08  2025-10-29  18902 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  2007-10-01  2016-09-29  3287 
    Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day  2007-09-30  2025-10-30  6199 
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2007-09-30  2025-10-29  6198 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1960-06-01  2025-01-09 23599 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2006-11-08  2023-05-02 5417 
    Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day  2007-09-30  2021-09-29 5114 
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2007-09-30  2021-09-29 5114 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1960-06  2025-01  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2006-11  2023-05  
    Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day  2007-09  2021-09  
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2007-09  2021-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1960  2025  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2007  2023  
    Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day  2007  2021  
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2007  2021  
 Peak streamflow 1960-09-12  2022-04-19  62 
 Field measurements 1960-06-08  2025-06-04  616 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1965-03-03  2023-10-19  210 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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