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News - updated April 17,2013

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USGS 01480617 West Branch Brandywine Creek at Modena, PA

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	STATION.--01480617 WEST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK AT MODENA, PA LOCATION.--Lat 39`57'42", long 75`48'06", Chester County, Hydrologic Unit 02040205, on left bank at bridge on SR 15068 at Modena, and 300 ft upstream from Dennis Run. DRAINAGE AREA.--55.0 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1970 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, water-quality monitor, and climatological sensor. Elevation of gage is 262.52 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Satellite telemetry at station. FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage provided to USGS April 1999 is 9 feet. COOPERATION.--Records of diversion provided by the City of Coatesville. Station established and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Chester County Water Resources Authority, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, and the U.S. Geological Survey through the Cooperative Water Program. 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.
	Available Parameters Available Period All 8 Available Parameters for this site     00060 Discharge 2007-10-01  2013-05-19 00065 Gage height 2013-01-19  2013-05-19 00095 Specific cond at 25C 2007-10-01  2013-05-19 00400 pH 2007-10-01  2013-05-19 00010 Temperature, water 2007-10-01  2013-05-19 00300 Dissolved oxygen 2007-10-01  2013-05-19 00045 Precipitation 2007-10-01  2013-05-19 63680 Turbidity, Form Neph 2007-10-01  2013-05-19 Output format Graph Graph w/ stats Graph w/o stats Graph w/ (up to 3) parms Table Tab-separated Days  (7)     -- or -- Begin date   End date     Summary of all available data for this site
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
	Most recent instantaneous value: 42   05-19-2013  08:30 EDT     Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph.   Subscribe to WaterAlert       Share this graph |
	Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 19 based on 43 years of record more Min (1999) Most Recent Instantaneous Value May 19 25th percen- tile Median 75th percen- tile Mean Max (1988) 39 42 51 72 99 115 1600

Gage height, feet
	Most recent instantaneous value: 3.07   05-19-2013  08:30 EDT     Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph.   Subscribe to WaterAlert       Share this graph |

Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
	Most recent instantaneous value: 339   05-19-2013  08:30 EDT     Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph.   Subscribe to WaterAlert       Share this graph |

pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
	Most recent instantaneous value: 7.6   05-19-2013  08:30 EDT     Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph.   Subscribe to WaterAlert       Share this graph |

Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
	Most recent instantaneous value: 15.6   05-19-2013  08:30 EDT     Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph.   Subscribe to WaterAlert       Share this graph |

Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
	Most recent instantaneous value: 9.2   05-19-2013  08:30 EDT     Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph.   Subscribe to WaterAlert       Share this graph |

Precipitation, total, inches
	Most recent instantaneous value: 0.00   05-19-2013  08:30 EDT     Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph.   Subscribe to WaterAlert       Share this graph |

Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
	Most recent instantaneous value: 5.1   05-19-2013  08:30 EDT     Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph.   Subscribe to WaterAlert       Share this graph |