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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 01494850 East Branch Big Elk Creek at Forestville, PA

Chester County, Pennsylvania
Hydrologic Unit Code 02060002
Latitude  39°49'20", Longitude  75°53'50" NAD27
Drainage area 9.69  square miles
Gage datum 395.2 feet above NAVD88
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Water
Year
Date Gage
Height
(feet)
Stream-
flow
(cfs)
2008 2007-10-27 8.20 617
2009 2009-06-20 9.00 958
2010 2009-10-24 8.82 883
2011 2011-08-28 10.98 1,700
2012 2011-11-23 8.79 872
2013 2013-06-27 9.41 1,120
2014 2014-04-30 9.88 1,280
2015 2015-03-11 7.65 470
2016 2016-02-24 8.75 857
2017 2017-03-31 7.25 368
2018 2018-07-22 12.91 2,590
2019 2019-07-11 8.97 933
2020 2020-08-04 12.44 2,370
2021 2021-09-01 15.26 3,030