Brandywine Creek
River in Delaware, read from its USGS gauge, draining about 314 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.
Discharge
195
cfs · 44 min ago
Normal for today
188
cfs median, 53 yrs
Water temp
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not measured here
Gage height
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not measured here
Reading the number
On this date the gauge has averaged 188 cfs over 53 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 134 and 327 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.
Regional hatch calendar
What is likely hatching near Brandywine Creek
Brandywine Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Tulpehocken Creek (48 mi), Little Lehigh Creek (56 mi), Lehigh River (74 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.
| Insect | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue-Winged Olive | January: absent | February: absent | March: active | April: peak | May: active | June: active | July: active | August: active | September: active | October: peak | November: active | December: absent |
| Caddis | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: peak | May: peak | June: peak | July: active | August: active | September: active | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| Light Cahill | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: peak | June: peak | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Little Black Stonefly | January: active | February: peak | March: peak | April: active | May: absent | June: absent | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Sulphur | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: active | May: peak | June: peak | July: absent | August: absent | September: active | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| Trico | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: absent | July: peak | August: peak | September: active | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Hendrickson | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: peak | May: active | June: absent | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Midge | January: peak | February: peak | March: active | April: active | May: active | June: active | July: active | August: active | September: active | October: active | November: peak | December: peak |
| Terrestrials | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: active | July: active | August: peak | September: active | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| Green Drake | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: peak | June: active | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Isonychia | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: active | July: active | August: active | September: peak | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| March Brown | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: peak | June: active | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
Reports
From anglers on Brandywine Creek
No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.