Streamflow at USGS 01480870 East Branch Brandywine Creek, August 2020

USGS Streamgage 01480870 East Branch Brandywine Creek below Downingtown. A measured streamflow of 6,920 cfs was the highest over the period of record (49 years). Hurricane Isaias swept over Eastern Pennsylvania August 4^th and 5^th, dumping upwards of 8 inches of rain and resulting in wide-spread flooding. Staff from Pennsylvania Water Science Center Offices in Downingtown, New Cumberland, and Williamsport were in the field measuring high water flows on rivers and streams; collecting water quality and suspended sediment samples; and documenting signs of flooding in places where waters have already peaked.