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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 01481500 BRANDYWINE CREEK AT WILMINGTON, DE

New Castle County, Delaware
Hydrologic Unit Code 02040205
Latitude  39°46'10.2", Longitude  75°34'36.1" NAD83
Drainage area 314  square miles
Gage datum 67.17 feet above NAVD88
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Water
Year		 Date Gage
Height
(feet)		 Stream-
flow
(cfs)
1947 1947-04-30 7.79 4,730
1948 1948-09-10 8.412 5,160
1949 1948-12-30 8.25 4,940
1950 1950-08-03 7.86 4,610
1951 1950-11-25 11.34 11,500
1952 1952-07-09 9.32 6,960
1953 1953-01-25 8.61 5,820
1954 1953-12-14 7.13 3,780
1955 1955-08-19 13.89 17,800
1956 1956-03-14 7.75 5,020
1957 1956-11-02 10.36 9,620
1958 1958-02-28 9.41 7,790
1959 1959-09-03 7.70 4,950
1960 1960-09-13 11.42 15,600
1961 1961-04-14 8.30 7,660
1962 1962-03-13 9.28 9,750
1963 1963-03-07 8.45 7,990
1964 1964-01-10 8.93 9,050
1965 1965-02-08 8.79 8,740
1966 1966-02-14 9.93 10,900
1967 1967-03-07 9.47 9,510
1968 1968-06-13 8.76 7,500
1969 1969-07-28 9.21 8,730
1970 1970-08-01 8.61 7,120
1971 1971-09-13 13.83 21,300
1972 1972-06-23 15.49 29,000
1973 1973-06-30 10.57 10,400
1974 1973-12-21 8.26 5,890
1975 1975-07-14 9.70 8,400
1976 1976-01-28 7.96 5,240
1977 1977-03-23 7.73 4,900
1978 1978-01-26 12.78 17,200
1979 1979-01-25 13.22 22,400
1980 1980-03-21 7.06 5,090
1981 1981-08-08 6.62 3,680
1982 1982-02-03 8.222 5,980
1983 1983-04-11 8.75 7,060
1984 1983-12-13 10.09 10,200
1985 1985-02-13 9.88 9,690
1986 1986-04-17 6.36 3,470
1987 1987-03-01 7.45 4,630
1988 1988-05-19 8.202 5,940
1989 1989-07-05 9.94 9,850
1990 1990-05-30 7.94 5,450
1991 1991-01-12 6.43 3,470
1992 1992-03-27 6.24 3,260
1993 1993-03-05 9.78 9,440
1994 1994-01-29 10.69 11,700
1995 1995-03-09 9.06 7,730
1996 1996-01-20 12.69 17,800
1997 1996-10-19 11.91 15,200
1998 1998-04-02 8.11 5,770
1999 1999-09-17 15.43 28,700
2000 2000-03-22 11.99 15,500
2001 2000-12-18 9.68 9,190
2002 2002-06-07 5.00 2,000
2003 2003-09-15 12.73 17,900
2004 2004-09-29 13.52 20,800
2005 2004-11-28 9.49 8,730
2006 2006-06-28 12.46 17,000
2007 2007-04-16 16.436 8,730
2008 2008-02-14 15.40 5,870
2009 2008-12-12 15.67 6,580
2010 2010-03-14 15.97 7,410
2011 2011-08-28 18.71 16,800
2012 2011-11-23 15.85 7,080
2013 2012-10-30 16.70 9,550
2014 2014-05-01 20.43 22,800
2015 2015-03-11 14.942 4,760
2016 2016-02-25 16.90 10,200
2017 2017-07-23 15.46 6,030
2018 2018-08-14 16.62 9,310
2019 2018-12-21 15.87 7,130
2020 2020-08-05 18.58 16,000
2021 2021-09-02 23.13 33,700
2022 2022-04-08 15.12 5,260
2023 2023-06-27 15.15 5,310
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