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USGS 05458300 Cedar River at Waverly, IA

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Iowa WSC Gage Network

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This station managed by the Iowa City Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2011-10-01  2026-05-29
2000-08-31  2026-05-29
2007-10-01  2026-05-29
2026-01-29  2026-05-29
2026-01-29  2026-05-29







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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 24.8 05-29-2026   19:15 CDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second, [from VELQ]
Most recent instantaneous value: 1540 05-29-2026   19:15 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 29 based on 25 water years of record more
Min
(2002)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 29		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2020)
575 1280 1540 1890 2850 3520 10000

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 5.05 05-29-2026   19:15 CDT
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Gage height, feet, [Argonaut]
Most recent instantaneous value: 5.10 05-29-2026   19:15 CDT
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, feet per second, [mean]
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.71 05-29-2026   19:15 CDT
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