About this river
Brandywine Creek is a 7.6 mile river near Marsh Creek Boat Rental in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Brandywine Creek at Chadds Ford, PA (site 01481000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1974 to 2026
Brandywine Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 499 cfs, and lowest in September, at 164 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 19,500 cfs, in 2021.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 371 | 243 to 584 | |
| February | 445 | 299 to 591 | |
| March | 473 | 338 to 727 | |
| April | 499 | 336 to 702 | |
| May | 393 | 291 to 590 | |
| June | 296 | 218 to 461 | |
| July | 228 | 170 to 357 | |
| August | 183 | 133 to 308 | |
| September | 164 | 112 to 265 | |
| October | 183 | 131 to 341 | |
| November | 221 | 168 to 402 | |
| December | 325 | 213 to 566 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 52 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Brandywine Creek at Chadds Ford, PA (site 01481000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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