PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION
STATION.--01480870 EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK
BELOW DOWNINGTOWN, PALOCATION.--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.
This station managed by the Exton Field Office.
