Gauge Description:

The Waterloo gauge has continuous readings. The Cedar Falls gauge doesn't give a reading until the feature washes out.

Various features are playable between 500 and 4300 cfs.
Above 2500 the "A" & "B" holes develop a nice surfing wave with several eddy lines to squirt and cartwheel on - an excellent play spots for beginners.
At 3200 cfs the "D" hole starts giving up loops and cartwheels for the shorter boats.
Over 4300 cfs the "D" hole get's hard to attain.
Over 4700 all features begin to flatten out.

Gauge Information

Name

Range

Difficulty

Updated

Level

Cedar River at Waterloo, IA

usgs-05464000

500 - 4300 cfs

00h17m

8780 cfs (rc= 1.3 )

All features tend to flatten out at these flows.

Gauge (5146 sq.mi. drainage) lies about 7 miles downstream, with one decent-sized trib intervening, so gauge may very slightly overstate flow here.

Range	Water Level	Difficulty	Comment
0 - 500 cfs	extremely Low-barely Low	II	Generally too low to offer any god play.
500 -2500 cfs	barely runnable-med runnable	II	Low boatable flows. Should offer some play.
2500 -3200 cfs	med runnable-a bit pushy runnable	II	"A" & "B" holes develop a nice surfing wave with several eddy lines to squirt and cartwheel on. Excellent for beginner play.
3200 -4300 cfs	a bit pushy runnable-high runnable	II	"D" hole starts giving up loops and cartwheels for skilled paddlers in shorter boats.
4300 -4700 cfs	somewhat High-somewhat High	II	"D" hole get's hard to attain at these flows.
4700 -80000 cfs	somewhat High-extremely High	II	All features tend to flatten out at these flows.

Report - Reports of Cedar Clay Hole, Cedar Falls (PnP) and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When	River/Gauge	Subject	Level	Reporter
	Cedar River [IA]	Clay Hole	n/a	Joe Holt
	Cedar River [IA]	IA, Cedar River, Clay Hole	2200	Steve Weliver
	Cedar [IA]	Rail Slide	1800	Steve Weliver
	Cedar River [IA]	Low water winter paddling.	~500 cfs	Steve Weliver
9y123d11h15m	Cedar River [IA]	The Outlaw Kayakers	~1500	Steve Weliver
9y153d11h15m	Cedar River [IA]	Get that boogie thang outa here!	~1700	Steve Weliver
9y215d11h15m	Cedar River [IA]	Mover over little dog, the big dog's movin in!	~2100	Steve Weliver
9y245d11h15m	Cedar River [IA]	In the eddyline	~2500 cfs	Steve Weliver