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USGS 01479820 Red Clay Creek near Kennett Square, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01479820 RED CLAY CREEK NEAR KENNETT SQUARE, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 39`49'00", long 75`41'31", Chester County, Hydrologic Unit 02040205, on left bank along SR 82 (Creek Road), and 3.0 mi south of the intersection of SR 82 and U.S. Highway 1 at Kennett Square.
DRAINAGE AREA.--28.3 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1988 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and water-quality monitor. Elevation of gage is 196.02 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from survey.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Delaware Geological Survey, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-6.5 ft.
This station managed by the PAWSC Downingtown Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1990-10-01  2024-11-23
2007-10-01  2024-11-23
2015-12-17  2024-11-23
2015-12-17  2024-11-23
2015-12-17  2024-11-23







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 25.4 11-23-2024   03:45 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 23 based on 36 water years of record more
Min
(1999)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 23		 Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2012)
10.0 20 24 25.4 45 46 429

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.24 11-23-2024   03:45 EST
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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)
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.5 11-23-2024   03:45 EST
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Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.0964 11-23-2024   03:45 EST
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Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.4 11-23-2024   03:45 EST
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