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USGS 01478220 West Branch White Clay Creek near Chesterville, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01478220 WEST BRANCH WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR CHESTERVILLE, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 39`45'56", long 75`47'47", Chester County, Hydrologic Unit 02040205, on the right bank, downstream side of N Creek Rd, 280 ft from the mouth, 1.5 miles southwest of Landenberg.
DRAINAGE AREA.--9.92 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 2020 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and water-quality monitor. Datum of gage is 177.2 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 from single-base GNSS rapid static survey. Satelite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for this station is provided by the U.S. Geological Survey.
This station managed by the PAWSC Downingtown Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2020-03-05  2026-05-28
2020-03-09  2026-05-28
2020-03-09  2026-05-28
2020-03-05  2026-05-28
2023-05-29  2026-05-28
2020-07-23  2024-01-04







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 18.7 05-28-2026   11:00 EDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 8.57 05-28-2026   11:00 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 28 based on 6 water years of record more
Min
(2023)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 28		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2025)
5.89 8.5 8.57 10 18 25 54.4

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.20 05-28-2026   11:00 EDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 267 05-28-2026   11:00 EDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet, [Steam Elevation - NAVD88]
Most recent instantaneous value: 178.40 05-28-2026   11:00 EDT
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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)
 
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