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USGS 01479820 Red Clay Creek near Kennett Square, PA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 39°49'00",   Longitude 75°41'31"   NAD27
Chester County, Pennsylvania, Hydrologic Unit 02040205
Drainage area: 28.3 square miles
Datum of gage: 196.02 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2024-10-05  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1988-01-01  2024-10-04  13427 
    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  2024-10-04  9339 
    Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day  2015-12-17  2024-10-04  3201 
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2015-12-17  2024-10-04  3199 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1988-01-01  2024-02-04 13184 
    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  2024-02-04 2877 
    Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day  2015-12-17  2021-09-29 2114 
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2015-12-17  2021-09-29 2114 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1988-01  2024-02  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2015-12  2024-02  
    Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day  2015-12  2021-09  
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2015-12  2021-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1988  2024  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2016  2024  
    Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day  2016  2021  
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2016  2021  
 Peak streamflow 1988-05-19  2022-04-19  35 
 Field measurements 1987-01-15  2024-08-09  346 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples 1973-05-24  2024-01-09  237 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2023  18 
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