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USGS 01480870 East Branch Brandywine Creek below Downingtown, PA

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

This station managed by the PAWSC Downingtown Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2007-10-01  2026-07-17
2009-10-02  2026-07-17
1986-02-15  2026-07-17
2007-10-01  2026-07-17
2007-10-01  2026-07-17
2007-10-01  2024-10-10
2007-10-01  2024-10-10
2007-10-01  2026-07-17
2007-10-01  2026-07-17
2023-07-18  2026-07-17
2007-10-01  2026-07-17







 (7)
 
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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 25.6 07-17-2026   14:15 EDT
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Precipitation, total, inches
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.00 07-17-2026   14:15 EDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 42.8 07-17-2026   14:15 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jul 17 based on 52 water years of record more
Min
(2002)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jul 17		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1975)
29.6 42.8 55 80 110 123 430

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.88 07-17-2026   14:15 EDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 485 07-17-2026   14:15 EDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
 
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
 
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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: 3.2 07-17-2026   14:00 EDT
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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: 0.812 07-17-2026   14:15 EDT
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Escherichia coli, estimated by regression equation, water, colonies per 100 milliliters
Most recent instantaneous value: 180 07-17-2026   14:00 EDT
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Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.0 07-17-2026   14:15 EDT
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