Cedar River

River in Iowa, read from 11 USGS gauges, draining about 7,787 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

12,000

cfs · 44 min ago

Normal for today

2,270

cfs median, 87 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

10.22

Above normal for the date529% of medianUSGS gauge 05465000

Thirty-day mean discharge · 3,520–34,800 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
Cedar River near Conesville, IA05465000	12,000 cfs	—	44 min ago
Cedar River at Cedar Bluff, IA05464780	10,500 cfs	—	44 min ago
Cedar River below Indian Creek at Cedar Rapids, IA05464730	9,670 cfs	—	1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 2,270 cfs over 87 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 1,300 and 4,880 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Cedar River

Cedar River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Root River (74 mi), Black Earth Creek (148 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Cedar River
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Blue-Winged Olive	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: peak	October: peak	November: absent	December: absent
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
March Brown	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: active	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: active	November: active	December: peak
Scud	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: active	December: active
Sulphur	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Terrestrials	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Trico	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: active	August: peak	September: peak	October: active	November: absent	December: absent
Hendrickson	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Light Cahill	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Sculpin	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: active	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: active	December: active

PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Cedar River

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.