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Cedar River at Cedar Falls, IA (USGS-05463050) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Iowa Water Science Center (identifier USGS-IA), has the name "Cedar River at Cedar Falls, IA" and has the identifier USGS-05463050. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080205. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 4734 sq mi.

This site is located in Black Hawk County County, Iowa at 42.53756944000000 degrees latitude and -92.4434917000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 762.48 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .11 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05463050" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2000 - 2012
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1974 - 2012
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2000 - 2012
Biological, Fish 1993 - 2012
Information 1969 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1969 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1969 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1969 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1974 - 1995
Microbiological 1974 - 2012
Nutrient 1969 - 2012
Organics, Other 1974 - 2012
Organics, Pesticide 1984 - 2012
Physical 1969 - 2012
Sediment 1984 - 2011
Stable Isotopes 1988 - 1988
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-IA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Iowa Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-05463050
MonitoringLocationName Cedar River at Cedar Falls, IA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07080205
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 4734
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 42.53756944000000
LongitudeMeasure -92.4434917000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 762.48
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .11
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 013
ProviderName NWIS