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USGS 01480300 West Branch Brandywine Creek near Honey Brook, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01480300 WEST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK NEAR HONEY BROOK, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`04'22", long 75`51'40", Chester County, Hydrologic Unit 02040205, on right bank on upstream side of bridge on SR 4007 at Birdell, 0.4 mi downstream from Two Log Run, and 3.0 mi southeast of Honey Brook.
DRAINAGE AREA.--18.7 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1960 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and water-quality monitor. Datum of gage is 591.20 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
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, Chester County Water Resources Authority, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Data transmitter operational limit - 13.1 ft.
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-6 ft; Flood stage-7 ft; Moderate flood stage-9 ft; Major flood stage-11 ft.
This station managed by the PAWSC Downingtown Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2007-10-01  2024-11-08
2007-10-01  2024-11-08
2007-10-04  2024-11-08
2007-10-01  2024-11-08
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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 7.96 11-08-2024   22:45 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 8 based on 64 water years of record more
Min
(1965)
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 8
25th
percen-
tile
Median 75th
percen-
tile
Mean Max
(2007)
4.50 7.96 9.6 13 19 28 279


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 0.99 11-08-2024   22:45 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 11-08-2024   22:45 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: 0.072 11-08-2024   22:45 EST
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Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter

Most recent instantaneous value: 3.4 11-08-2024   22:45 EST
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