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West Branch Brandywine Creek

River in Pennsylvania, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 55 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

25.6

cfs · 34 min ago

Normal for today

33.0

cfs median, 56 yrs

Water temp

62

°F · 34 min ago

Gage height

2.86

ft

Normal for the date78% of medianUSGS gauge 01480617
Thirty-day mean discharge · 24.4–108 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
West Branch Brandywine Creek at Modena, PA0148061725.6 cfs62°F34 min ago
West Branch Brandywine Creek at Coatesville, PA0148050012.2 cfs—19 min ago
West Branch Brandywine Creek near Honey Brook, PA0148030011.4 cfs—19 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 33.0 cfs over 56 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 25.0 and 55.0 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 West Branch Brandywine Creek

West Branch Brandywine Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Tulpehocken Creek (22 mi), Little Lehigh Creek (40 mi), Lehigh River (53 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for West Branch Brandywine Creek
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: absent
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: peakMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
Light CahillJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: peakJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Little Black StoneflyJanuary: activeFebruary: peakMarch: peakApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SulphurJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: peakJune: peakJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
TricoJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
HendricksonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: peakDecember: peak
TerrestrialsJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
Green DrakeJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
IsonychiaJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
March BrownJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on West Branch 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.