The Vigil Network Site Index: East Branch Brandywine Creek

General Information

Site Name: East Branch Brandywine Creek
Location: Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Principal Investigator: Luna Leopold
Address: University of California, Berkley
Date of Site Establishment and/or Field Measurements: Fall 1967
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Location at Lower End of Basin

Latitude: 40°03'05" N
Longitude: 75°43'20" W
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Purposes

(ranked in order of importance)

1. Channel Change
2. Erosion

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Site Information

Annual precipitation: 1100 mm
Elevation: 180 m
Relief: 90 m
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: Downington, PA; Wagontown, PA
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Stream Channels

Channel cross sections: 12
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Links to Data Files

• Diagram of Cross Section Between Suplee and Cupola (Point 3) (35 KB)
• Diagram of Cross Section Upstream from Girder Bridge (Point 4) (37 KB)
• Diagram of Cross Section at Perkins Run (Point 8) (38 KB)
• Diagram of Cross Section at Cretchmer Farm (Point 9) (33 KB)
• Diagram of Cross Section at Cretchmer Farms (Point 10) (36 KB)
• Diagram of Cross Section at Little Germany Hollow Road (Point 13) (36 KB)
• Diagram of Cross Section at Cornog Bridge (Point 18) (36 KB)
• Diagram of Cross Section at Culbertson Run (Point 19) (41 KB)
• Diagram of Cross Section at Special School Road (Point 20) (37 KB)
• Plot of Cross Section at Special School Road (Point 20) (63 KB)
• Diagram of Cross Section at Lyndell, PA (Point 22) (36 KB)
• Diagram of Cross Section Near Bridge on T.R. 612 (Point 23) (35 KB)

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For information on how to obtain USGS topographic maps of this study site, please visit the USGS National Mapping Information Page at http://mapping.usgs.gov.

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