USGS 01476480 Ridley Creek at Media, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01476480 RIDLEY CREEK AT MEDIA, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 39`54'58", long 75`24'13", Delaware County, Hydrologic Unit 02040202, on right bank 400 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 1 (Baltimore Pike) at Media.
DRAINAGE AREA.--30.5 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1986 to September 1995, October 1995 to December 1996 (fragmentary), January 1997 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 100.0 ft. above North American Vertical Datum of 1988, from single-base GNSS static survey. Prior to September 23, 2024, the datum of gage was erroneously reported as 110 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Delaware River Basin Commission.
This station managed by the PAWSC Downingtown Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1990-10-01  2024-12-12
2007-10-01  2024-12-12
2021-10-01  2024-12-12







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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 74.1 12-12-2024   05:58 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Dec 12 based on 36 water years of record more
Min
(1999)
25th
percen-
tile
Median 75th
percen-
tile
Mean Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Dec 12
Max
(2009)
8.00 23 31 54 57 74.1 494


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 3.79 12-12-2024   05:58 EST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 103.79 12-12-2024   05:58 EST
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