About this river
Cedar Creek is a 16.5 mile river near Sup Red Rock in Iowa. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cedar Creek near Bussey, IA (site 05489000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1948 to 2026
Cedar Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 143 cfs, and lowest in September, at 8.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 42,000 cfs, in 1982.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20 | 6.7 to 66 | |
| February | 40 | 12 to 140 | |
| March | 132 | 48 to 338 | |
| April | 143 | 61 to 316 | |
| May | 127 | 50 to 291 | |
| June | 68 | 21 to 222 | |
| July | 26 | 9.7 to 102 | |
| August | 14 | 5.0 to 48 | |
| September | 8.7 | 3.7 to 39 | |
| October | 9.1 | 2.5 to 55 | |
| November | 24 | 5.3 to 70 | |
| December | 24 | 5.5 to 67 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 79 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cedar Creek near Bussey, IA (site 05489000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Cedar Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Miami Lake Wildlife AreaBluff Creek - Lake MiamiPublic
- Miami Lake Wildlife AreaBluff Creek - Lake MiamiPublic
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