Brandywine Creek At Chadds Ford, Pa Realtime Data
BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD, PA
Realtime Data • Report • Conditions
275
Discharge (cfs)
1.9
Gauge Height (ft)
USGS 01481000
Streamflow discharge was last observed at 205 cfs, and a gauge height of 1.91 feet.
With the
% decrease since yesterday,
the streamflow average over the past 10 days is 383 .
Weather today, Tomorrow,
The creek has several notable tributaries, including the Red Clay Creek and the West Branch Brandywine Creek. There are several dams along the creek, including the Downingtown Dam and the Chambers Lake Dam. Seasonal trends show that the creek experiences higher flow rates during the spring and fall, while summer months tend to be drier. An interesting fact about the Brandywine Creek is that it was the site of a Revolutionary War battle in 1777, which is now commemorated by the Brandywine Battlefield Park.
August 23, 2026
| Elevation | 172.0 ft |
| Last Updated | |
| Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 ±2.5°, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) | 8.2 FNU |
| Gage height, ft | 1.91 ft |
| Chloride yield, water, unfiltered, computed by regression equation, pounds per day per square mile | 152.0 lb/day/mi2 |
| Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in ft | 151.61 ft |
| Chloride, water, unfiltered, computed by regression equation, milligrams per liter | 39.4 mg/l |
| Streamflow, ft³/s | 205.0 ft3/s |
| Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25°C | 322.0 uS/cm @25C |
| Chloride flux, water, unfiltered, computed by regression equation, pounds per day | 43500.0 lb/day |
| Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, mg/L | 7.4 mg/l |
| Escherichia coli, estimated by regression equation, water, colonies per 100 milliliters | 970.0 cfu/100ml |
| pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units | 7.4 std units |
| Temperature, water, °C | 22.3 deg C |
| Precipitation, total, in | 0.02 in |
| Percent of Normal | 120% |
| Year Over Year Average | 229 cfs |
| 24hr Flow Prediction | cfs |
| Maximum Recorded | 26,100 cfs |
| Geolocation | 39.87, -75.59 |
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