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Cedar River at Charles City Stage (ft)Flow (cfs)Observed: 10.53 ft at 2:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 10.6 ft at 2:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 10.65 ft at 2:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 10.72 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 10.84 ft at 3:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 10.99 ft at 3:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 11.1 ft at 3:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 11.27 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 11.46 ft at 4:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 11.62 ft at 4:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 11.81 ft at 4:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.01 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.21 ft at 5:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 5:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.64 ft at 5:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.87 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.11 ft at 6:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.35 ft at 6:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.59 ft at 6:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.84 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.08 ft at 7:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.32 ft at 7:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.61 ft at 7:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.82 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 15.1 ft at 8:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 15.33 ft at 8:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 15.53 ft at 8:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 15.78 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 15.98 ft at 9:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 16.2 ft at 9:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 16.38 ft at 9:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 16.62 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 16.81 ft at 10:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 16.97 ft at 10:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 17.18 ft at 10:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 17.48 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 17.62 ft at 11:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 17.78 ft at 11:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 17.93 ft at 11:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 18.06 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 18.18 ft at 12:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 18.3 ft at 12:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 18.42 ft at 12:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 18.45 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 18.63 ft at 1:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 18.72 ft at 1:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 18.76 ft at 1:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 18.87 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 18.94 ft at 2:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.03 ft at 2:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.09 ft at 2:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.15 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.18 ft at 3:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.19 ft at 3:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.25 ft at 3:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.28 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.3 ft at 4:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.34 ft at 4:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.39 ft at 4:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.39 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.38 ft at 5:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.42 ft at 5:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.43 ft at 5:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.44 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.49 ft at 6:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.48 ft at 6:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.46 ft at 6:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.5 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.47 ft at 7:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.44 ft at 7:30PM May 20, 2013Highest Observation: 19.52 ft at 7:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.46 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.46 ft at 8:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.42 ft at 8:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.38 ft at 8:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.4 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.38 ft at 9:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.37 ft at 9:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.32 ft at 9:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.33 ft at 10:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.31 ft at 10:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.26 ft at 10:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.26 ft at 10:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.21 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.19 ft at 11:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.14 ft at 11:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.15 ft at 11:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 19.06 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 19.08 ft at 12:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 19.03 ft at 12:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.96 ft at 12:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.94 ft at 1:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.83 ft at 1:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.85 ft at 1:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.81 ft at 1:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.76 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.72 ft at 2:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.64 ft at 2:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.61 ft at 2:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.59 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.55 ft at 3:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.48 ft at 3:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.44 ft at 3:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.42 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.35 ft at 4:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.29 ft at 4:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.24 ft at 4:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.2 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.16 ft at 5:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.09 ft at 5:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 18.01 ft at 5:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.99 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.93 ft at 6:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.88 ft at 6:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.82 ft at 6:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.79 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.7 ft at 7:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.67 ft at 7:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.58 ft at 7:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.52 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.47 ft at 8:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.41 ft at 8:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.35 ft at 8:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.27 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.24 ft at 9:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.22 ft at 9:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.15 ft at 9:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.07 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 17.03 ft at 10:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.97 ft at 10:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.93 ft at 10:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.86 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.8 ft at 11:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.72 ft at 11:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.67 ft at 11:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.63 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.61 ft at 12:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.53 ft at 12:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.51 ft at 12:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.44 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.36 ft at 1:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.3 ft at 1:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.25 ft at 1:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.19 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.13 ft at 2:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.07 ft at 2:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 16.02 ft at 2:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.99 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.96 ft at 3:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.84 ft at 3:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.81 ft at 3:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.77 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.72 ft at 4:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.66 ft at 4:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.65 ft at 4:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.54 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.51 ft at 5:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.49 ft at 5:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.37 ft at 5:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.36 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.27 ft at 6:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.23 ft at 6:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.2 ft at 6:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.15 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.12 ft at 7:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.08 ft at 7:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 15.01 ft at 7:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.96 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.92 ft at 8:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.86 ft at 8:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.84 ft at 8:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.79 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.7 ft at 9:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.61 ft at 9:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.58 ft at 9:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.53 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.55 ft at 10:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.39 ft at 10:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.32 ft at 10:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.29 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.2 ft at 11:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.16 ft at 11:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.08 ft at 11:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.04 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.98 ft at 12:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.91 ft at 12:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.85 ft at 12:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.77 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.73 ft at 1:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.67 ft at 1:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.61 ft at 1:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.54 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 2:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.42 ft at 2:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.37 ft at 2:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.31 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.24 ft at 3:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.16 ft at 3:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.16 ft at 3:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.07 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13 ft at 4:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.92 ft at 4:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.87 ft at 4:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.78 ft at 5:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.77 ft at 5:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.71 ft at 5:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.65 ft at 5:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.59 ft at 6:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.51 ft at 6:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.46 ft at 6:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.4 ft at 6:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 7:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.29 ft at 7:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.23 ft at 7:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.17 ft at 7:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.11 ft at 8:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.08 ft at 8:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.01 ft at 8:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.92 ft at 8:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.91 ft at 9:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.85 ft at 9:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.76 ft at 9:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.74 ft at 9:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.67 ft at 10:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.62 ft at 10:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.58 ft at 10:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.52 ft at 10:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.45 ft at 11:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.42 ft at 11:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.4 ft at 11:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.31 ft at 11:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.26 ft at 12:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.22 ft at 12:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.18 ft at 12:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.12 ft at 12:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.07 ft at 1:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.02 ft at 1:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.99 ft at 1:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.95 ft at 1:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.9 ft at 2:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.85 ft at 2:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.81 ft at 2:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.78 ft at 2:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.75 ft at 3:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.67 ft at 3:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.67 ft at 3:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.63 ft at 3:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.6 ft at 4:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.55 ft at 4:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.49 ft at 4:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.47 ft at 4:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.46 ft at 5:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.41 ft at 5:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.34 ft at 5:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 5:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.25 ft at 6:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.23 ft at 6:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.2 ft at 6:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.17 ft at 7:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.12 ft at 7:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.11 ft at 7:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.08 ft at 7:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.04 ft at 8:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.03 ft at 8:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.98 ft at 8:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.97 ft at 8:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.93 ft at 9:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.9 ft at 9:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.88 ft at 9:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.86 ft at 9:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.83 ft at 10:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.8 ft at 10:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.79 ft at 10:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.75 ft at 10:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 11:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.68 ft at 11:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.68 ft at 11:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.65 ft at 11:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.6 ft at 12:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 9.61 ft at 12:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 9.57 ft at 12:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 9.55 ft at 12:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 9.53 ft at 1:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 9.49 ft at 1:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 9.47 ft at 1:30AM May 23, 2013Highest Forecast: 9.1 ft 7:00AM May 23, 2013Forecast: 8.6 ft 1:00PM May 23, 2013Forecast: 8.2 ft 7:00PM May 23, 2013Forecast: 7.7 ft 1:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 7.3 ft 7:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 6.9 ft 1:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 6.5 ft 7:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 6.3 ft 1:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 6.1 ft 7:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 5.9 ft 1:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 5.7 ft 7:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 5.5 ft 1:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 5.4 ft 7:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 5.3 ft 1:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 5.1 ft 7:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 5 ft 1:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 4.9 ft 7:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 4.9 ft 1:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 4.8 ft 7:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 4.7 ft 1:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 4.6 ft 7:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 4.6 ft 1:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 4.5 ft 7:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 4.4 ft 1:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 4.4 ft 7:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 4.3 ft 1:00PM May 29, 2013Forecast: 4.3 ft 7:00PM May 29, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesCCYI4(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (2:10AM May 23, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 9:11PM May 22)Latest observed value: 9.47 ft at 1:30 AM CDT 23-May-2013. Flood Stage is 12 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Cedar River at Charles City are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:18
Moderate Flood Stage:15
Flood Stage:12
Action Stage:9

Historical Crests
(1) 25.33 ft on 06/09/2008
(2) 22.81 ft on 07/21/1999
(3) 21.64 ft on 03/02/1965
(4) 21.60 ft on 03/27/1961
(5) 21.44 ft on 08/16/1993
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Low Water Records
(1) 1.68 ft on 11/17/1989
(2) 1.82 ft on 11/23/1977
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Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map is the approximate location based on the latitude/longitude coordinates provided to the NWS by the gauge owner.
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21.5 Clark street at Brantingham floods and the Chautauqua avenue lift station wet well requires sandbagging.
20 Clark street at Leland floods and Court street at Illinois floods.
19.5 Riverside drive at Iowa and Jolsin street floods. Also Chautauqua avenue floods and sandbagging is required.
19 Brackett street and Riverside at north Johnson flood. Also lions field cottages are threatened and additional evacuations may be required.
18 4th and South Grand street begin flooding and evacuations may be required.
17 Homes south of Riverside flood and evacuations may be required.
15 Evacuation operations begin. Leland avenue floods and flooding on Park drive is likely.
12 Barricading of streets begin and the intersection of Riverside and Illinois streets may be flooded.
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Latitude: 43.062222° N, Longitude: 92.673611° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 12 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 973.02 ft 985.02 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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