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West Fork Cedar River at Finchford (21IOWA-10070003) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources (identifier 21IOWA), has the name "West Fork Cedar River at Finchford" and has the identifier 21IOWA-10070003. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080204.

This site is located in Black Hawk County County, Iowa at 42.6290000 degrees latitude and -92.5435000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 880 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21IOWA-10070003" 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.

Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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 1999 - 2009
Information 2001 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2006
Microbiological 1999 - 2009
Nutrient 1998 - 2009
Organics, Other 1998 - 2008
Organics, PCBs 1999 - 2003
Organics, Pesticide 1999 - 2006
Physical 1998 - 2009
*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 21IOWA
OrganizationFormalName Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21IOWA-10070003
MonitoringLocationName West Fork Cedar River at Finchford
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText County Road T71 bridge in Finchford at USGS gage.¶Ambient Surface Water Site.¶One of the original 16 monthly sites.
HUCEightDigitCode 07080204
LatitudeMeasure 42.6290000
LongitudeMeasure -92.5435000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 880
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET