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Red Clay Creek in Delaware

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Around Red Clay Creek

2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Red Clay Creek is a 13.5 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Red Clay Creek near Kennett Square, PA (site 01479820). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1988 to 2024

Red Clay Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 42 cfs, and lowest in August, at 17 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,150 cfs, in 2003.

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Typical flow by month at Red Clay Creek near Kennett Square, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January3527 to 50
February3929 to 51
March4233 to 59
April4131 to 53
May3526 to 46
June2721 to 38
July2116 to 31
August1713 to 28
September1812 to 31
October2115 to 35
November2519 to 40
December3321 to 54

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 36 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Red Clay Creek near Kennett Square, PA (site 01479820). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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