West Branch Brandywine Creek at Coatesville, PA - 01480500

Important information about this monitoring location

Sept. 10, 1943, to Dec. 31, 1951, non-recording gage at site 1,100 ft downstream at different datum. Diversion from Rock Run Reservoir 2.6 miles upstream from gage. Water re-enters stream below the gage and above Modena (01480617).

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01480500	_n/a
Site name	West Branch Brandywine Creek at Coatesville, PA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	395908	_n/a
DMS longitude	0754940	_n/a
Decimal latitude	39.98566144	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-75.8274467	_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	COATESVILLE	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	306.05 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.10 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	NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	19691231	_n/a
Drainage area	45.8 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area	45.8 square miles	_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		_n/a

Operated in cooperation with:

Chester County Water Resources Authority

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds