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Cedar River Upstream of Waterloo/Cedar Falls (US1) (21IOWA_WQX-10070005) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Iowa DNR Surface Water Monitoring Data (identifier 21IOWA_WQX), has the name "Cedar River Upstream of Waterloo/Cedar Falls (US1)" and has the identifier 21IOWA_WQX-10070005. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080205.

This site is located in Black Hawk County County, Iowa at 42.5391730000 degrees latitude and -92.4496940000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal 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_WQX-10070005" 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.

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, Algae, Cyanobacteria 1999 - 2005
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1999 - 2014
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1999 - 2005
Information 2001 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2008
Microbiological 1999 - 2014
Not Assigned 2008 - 2008
Nutrient 1999 - 2014
Organics, Other 1999 - 2014
Organics, PCBs 1999 - 2008
Organics, Pesticide 1999 - 2014
Physical 1999 - 2014
Stable Isotopes 1999 - 2008
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Iowa DNR Surface Water Monitoring Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21IOWA_WQX-10070005
MonitoringLocationName Cedar River Upstream of Waterloo/Cedar Falls (US1)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Below the dam of Old Highway 218 in Cedar Falls. Upstream City Site.
HUCEightDigitCode 07080205
LatitudeMeasure 42.5391730000
LongitudeMeasure -92.4496940000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET