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Cedar River at Blairs Ferry Road at Palo, IA (USGS-05464420) 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 Blairs Ferry Road at Palo, IA" and has the identifier USGS-05464420. 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 6342 sq mi.

This site is located in Linn County County, Iowa at 42.06916389000000 degrees latitude and -91.7851806000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 725.47 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .09 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-05464420" 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, Cyanobacteria, Photosynthetic,Phycocyanin 2022 - 2022
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2010 - 2022
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2000 - 2022
Biological, Fish 2010 - 2022
Information 2000 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1992 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1992 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1992 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2016 - 2023
Microbiological 2000 - 2018
Nutrient 1992 - 2023
Organics, Other 2000 - 2023
Organics, PCBs 2022 - 2023
Organics, PFAS 2019 - 2019
Organics, Pesticide 1992 - 2023
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2019 - 2023
PFOA, Perfluorooctanoic Acid 2019 - 2019
Physical 1992 - 2023
Radiochemical 2016 - 2017
Sediment 2000 - 2016
*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-05464420
MonitoringLocationName Cedar River at Blairs Ferry Road at Palo, IA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07080205
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 6342
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 42.06916389000000
LongitudeMeasure -91.7851806000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 725.47
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .09
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 113
ProviderName NWIS