Red Clay Creek near Kennett Square, PA - 01479820

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March 13, 2025 - March 20, 2025

Gage height, feet

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3.22 ft

Provisional

Mar 20, 2025

08:45:00 AM EDT

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3.22 ft

Provisional

Mar 20, 2025

08:45:00 AM EDT

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-03-20T08:45:00.000-04:00	3.22	Provisional
2025-03-20T08:30:00.000-04:00	3.22	Provisional
2025-03-20T08:15:00.000-04:00	3.21	Provisional
2025-03-20T08:00:00.000-04:00	3.22	Provisional
2025-03-20T07:45:00.000-04:00	3.23	Provisional
2025-03-20T07:30:00.000-04:00	3.23	Provisional
2025-03-20T07:15:00.000-04:00	3.23	Provisional
2025-03-20T07:00:00.000-04:00	3.22	Provisional
2025-03-20T06:45:00.000-04:00	3.23	Provisional
2025-03-20T06:30:00.000-04:00	3.22	Provisional
2025-03-20T06:15:00.000-04:00	3.22	Provisional
2025-03-20T06:00:00.000-04:00	3.22	Provisional
2025-03-20T05:45:00.000-04:00	3.22	Provisional
2025-03-20T05:30:00.000-04:00	3.23	Provisional
2025-03-20T05:15:00.000-04:00	3.23	Provisional
2025-03-20T05:00:00.000-04:00	3.23	Provisional

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5 data types available - data from 1990-10-01 to 2025-03-20

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Gage height, feet

2007-10-01 - 2025-03-20

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Discharge, cubic feet per second

1990-10-01 - 2025-03-20

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Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter

2015-12-17 - 2025-03-20

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Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day

2015-12-17 - 2025-03-20

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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)

2015-12-17 - 2025-03-20

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4 data types available - data from 1988-01-01 to 2025-03-19

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179 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1973-05-24 to 2024-04-10

249 Sampling activities

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USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Information	Water-quality	1973-05-24	2024-01-09
Inorganics, Major, Metals	Water-quality	1973-05-24	2023-09-27
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals	Water-quality	1973-05-24	2023-09-27
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals	Water-quality	2002-04-24	2023-09-27
Inorganics, Minor, metals	Water-quality	1973-05-24	2023-09-27
Microbiological	Water-quality	2002-04-24	2023-07-05
Nutrient	Water-quality	1973-05-24	2023-09-27
Organics, PFAS	Water-quality	2019-09-09	2019-09-09
Organics, other	Water-quality	1973-05-24	2023-09-27
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	1973-05-24	2025-03-20
Sediment	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	2015-12-17	2025-03-20
_n/a	Peak Measurements	1988-05-19	2022-04-19
_n/a	Site Visits	1987-01-15	2025-02-04
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2023-01-01

Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01479820 is associated with a Stream in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Suspended sediment concentration, and more are available. Water data back to 1973 are available online.

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01479820	_n/a
Site name	Red Clay Creek near Kennett Square, PA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	394900	_n/a
DMS longitude	0754131	_n/a
Decimal latitude	39.81677739	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-75.6916008	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1927	NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Pennsylvania	42
State	Pennsylvania	42
County	Chester County	029
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	KENNETT SQUARE	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	196.02 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	0.1 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929	NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Brandywine-Christina	02040205
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	28.3 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	EST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NNNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number	444230900	_n/a