USGS 05464420 Cedar River at Blairs Ferry Road at Palo, IA

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Available Parameters Available Period
  
2018-08-03  2025-10-30
2012-10-13  2018-08-03
2009-03-26  2025-10-30
2009-03-26  2025-10-30
2018-08-03  2025-10-30
2018-08-03  2025-10-30
2022-03-16  2025-10-30
2022-10-30  2025-10-30
2018-08-03  2025-10-30
2012-10-14  2025-10-30







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
 
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, YSI EXO3
Most recent instantaneous value: 9.8 10-30-2025   23:15 CDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 2260 10-30-2025   23:15 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 31 based on 16 water years of record more
Min
(2024)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 31		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2017)
918 1360 2260 2690 5400 7690 23100

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.23 10-30-2025   23:15 CDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, YSI EXO3
Most recent instantaneous value: 35 10-30-2025   23:15 CDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter, YSI EXO3
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.0 10-30-2025   23:15 CDT
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 8.5 10-30-2025   23:15 CDT
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Phosphorus, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as phosphorus
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.136 10-30-2025   23:15 CDT
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU), YSI EXO3
Most recent instantaneous value: 12.1 10-30-2025   23:15 CDT
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
Most recent instantaneous value: 5.83 10-30-2025   23:15 CDT
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