Skip to main content

Important for you to know:

  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-07-08 2012-09-26
Information Water-quality 1969-05-12 2012-09-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1969-05-12 2012-09-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-05-12 2012-09-26
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-04-30 1995-06-15
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1969-05-12 2012-09-26
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-02-21 2012-09-26
Nutrient Water-quality 1969-05-12 2012-09-26
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-07-08 2012-09-26
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1984-05-23 2012-09-26
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1969-05-12 2024-11-23
Sediment Water-quality 1984-05-23 2012-09-26
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1988-08-22 1988-08-22
n/a Peak Measurements 2013-05-31 2023-03-02
n/a Site Visits 1942-05-06 2024-06-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05463050 is associated with a Stream in Black Hawk County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1942 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05463050 n/a
Site name
Cedar River at Cedar Falls, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 423215.25 n/a
DMS longitude 0922636.57 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.53756944 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.4434917 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Iowa 19
State
Iowa 19
County
Black Hawk County 013
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWNES12 T089N R14W 5 n/a
Name of location map Cedar Falls n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 762.48 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080205
Drainage basin
05 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNYNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
4734 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number 461900100 n/a

Operated in cooperation with:

logo for City of Cedar Falls
City of Cedar Falls
logo for USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds
USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds