USGS Station 04112500
RED CEDAR RIVER AT EAST LANSING, MI
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE MICHIGAN
Latitude: 42^43'40"; Longitude: 84^28'40"
Hydrologic Unit Code: 04050004
Drainage area: 355 square miles.
Location: In SW1/4 sec.18, T.4 N., R.1 W., Ingham County, in left downstream bridge abutment of Farm Lane Bridge on Michigan State University Campus in East Lansing, 4.0 mi upstream from Sycamore Creek, and 5.6 mi upstream from mouth.
Period of Record: August 1902 to December 1903, March 1931 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1307. Published as Red Cedar River at Agricultural College, August 1902 to December 1903 and as Cedar River at East Lansing, March 1931 to September 1965. Gage-height records collected in this vicinity 1911-19, and 1920-28 (flood seasons only), are contained in reports of the National Weather Service.
Gage Information: Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 824.39 ft above sea level. August 1902 to December 1903 nonrecording gage at site 0.8 mi downstream at different datum. March 1931 to November 1940 water-stage recorder at site 250 ft upstream at present datum.
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Monthly Streamflow hydrograph for this station,
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Table of Current Streamflow conditions, or
tab-separated ASCII file of monthly data.
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