Lower Cedar HUC8 07080206
A 2,846 km² sub-basin of the Upper Mississippi region in IA. Drought coverage is from the US Drought Monitor (map of 2026-10-13); streamflow classes place each USGS gauge's latest reading against its own day-of-year record.
Health score
78
Healthy
Drought index
0
None
Area in D2+
0%
0% exceptional (D4)
Gauges below normal
0%
of 5 reporting
Median flow
488%
p85 of record
Water assets
1,132
3 springs · 300 wells
USGS gauges (5)
- Cedar River below Indian Creek at Cedar Rapids, IA0546473010,000 cfsp76 · above normal
- WB Wapsinonoc Cr at College St at West Branch, IA05464941703 cfsp84 · above normal
- Cedar River at Cedar Bluff, IA0546478010,500 cfsp85 · above normal
- Cedar River near Conesville, IA0546500010,900 cfsp90 · much above normal
- Indian Creek at Marion, IA0546469548 cfsp95 · much above normal
Recent conditions
| Date | DSCI | D2+ % | Gauges low | Flow pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p85 |
| 2026-10-19 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p85 |
| 2026-10-18 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p88 |
| 2026-10-17 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p88 |
| 2026-10-16 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p88 |
| 2026-10-15 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p89 |
| 2026-10-14 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p79 |
| 2026-10-13 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p81 |
| 2026-10-12 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p90 |
| 2026-10-11 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p89 |
| 2026-10-10 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p93 |
| 2026-10-09 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p93 |
| 2026-10-08 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p92 |
| 2026-10-07 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | p93 |
Top water assets
- 69Silurian-Devonian Aquifer — Eastern Iowaaquifer
- 65Wb Wapsinonoc Cr At College St At West Branch, Iariver
- 65Chicken Creekriver
- 65Abbe Creekriver
- 65Cedar River At Cedar Bluff, Iariver
- 65Mud Creekriver
- 65Cedar Riverriver
- 65Middle Branch Wapsinonoc Creekriver
- 65Big Sloughriver
- 65Indian Creek At Marion, Iariver