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Peak Streamflow for Pennsylvania

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[!] Over the next year, the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center will be updating the geodetic vertical elevation (gage datum) for many locations. Click HERE for additional information including a current list of streamgages with upcoming datum changes. This update in gage datum does not affect the location of the streamgage, nor the observed local gage height or discharge recorded at the streamgage.



USGS 01472174 Pickering Creek near Chester Springs, PA

Chester County, Pennsylvania
Hydrologic Unit Code 02040203
Latitude  40°05'22", Longitude  75°37'50" NAD27
Drainage area 5.98  square miles
Contributing drainage area 5.98  square miles
Gage datum 280.00 feet above NGVD29
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Water
Year
Date Gage
Height
(feet)
Stream-
flow
(cfs)
1967 1967-03-06 4.50 640
1968 1968-06-12 4.09 276
1969 1969-07-28 4.55 710
1970 1970-04-02 4.01 244
1971 1971-09-13 4.99 1,640
1972 1972-06-22 5.21 2,410
1973 1973-08-02 4.45 580
1974 1973-10-29 4.29 412
1975 1975-07-14 4.88 1,340
1976 1975-10-19 4.38 500
1977 1977-02-24 4.49 491
1978 1978-01-26 4.91 1,140
1979 1979-09-22 4.98 1,080
1980 1980-03-21 4.38 280
1981 1980-10-25 4.30 95.0
1982 1982-02-03 4.87 1,270
1983 1983-04-10 4.99 1,600