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USGS 01480870 East Branch Brandywine Creek below Downingtown, PA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 39°58'07",   Longitude 75°40'25"   NAD27
Chester County, Pennsylvania, Hydrologic Unit 02040205
Drainage area: 89.9 square miles
Datum of gage: 195 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1986-02-15  2024-03-28  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1972-02-01  2024-03-27  43075 
    Precipitation, total, inches  2002-09-30  2024-03-27  7002 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1972-02-01  2024-03-27  19049 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1972-02-01  2024-03-27  41147 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  1972-02-01  2024-03-27  38810 
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  1972-02-03  2024-03-27  42464 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2005-09-27  2024-03-27  18180 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  2008-09-30  2016-09-29  2922 
    Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day  2007-09-30  2024-03-27  6018 
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2007-09-30  2024-03-27  6007 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1972-02-01  2022-02-24 13519 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1972-02-01  2021-12-08 18209 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1972-02-01  2021-12-01 13057 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  1972-02-01  2021-11-30 12240 
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  1972-02-10  2012-09-30 9812 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2005-09-27  2022-02-24 5330 
    Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day  2007-09-30  2021-09-29 5114 
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2007-09-30  2021-09-29 5114 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1972-02  2022-02  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1972-02  2021-12  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1972-02  2021-12  
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  1972-02  2021-11  
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  1972-02  2012-09  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2005-09  2022-02  
    Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day  2007-09  2021-09  
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2007-09  2021-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1972  2022  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1972  2022  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1972  2022  
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  1972  2022  
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  1972  2012  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2005  2022  
    Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day  2007  2021  
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2007  2021  
 Peak streamflow 1972-06-22  2020-08-04  49 
 Field measurements 1971-02-14  2024-02-12  502 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples 1978-01-30  2023-11-13  1481 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2023  18 
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