Cedar River at Cedar Falls, IA - 05463050

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Monitoring Location

Active Monitoring Locations

5 km

3 mi

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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	2025-03-08
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	2024-06-26
_n/a	Site Visits	1942-05-06	2025-03-07
_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	Middle Cedar	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