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The Highwater Rock is located in the Cedar River near downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. It is a large granite boulder in the rapids in the eastern half of the river. Its height depends on the river level. It can be 3 feet (0.91 m) to 4 feet (1.2 m) above the water level in low water, or submerged in high water. [2]
A flood on 3rd Avenue in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids began to be affected by the Cedar River on Monday, June 9. Ellis Boulevard NW near Ellis Park closed due to flood water. Water was nearly over the access road to the Ellis boat harbor on that Monday evening.
Cedar Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Linn County, Iowa, United States. The population was 137,710 at the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous city in Iowa. [8] [9] The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, 20 miles (32 km) north of Iowa City and 128 miles (206 km) northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital
Linn County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa.As of the 2020 census, the population was 230,299, [1] making it the second-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Cedar Rapids. [2]
The Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse are two historic buildings located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. The company began in 1881. The company began in 1881. They manufactured and distributed water pumps and windmills throughout the Midwest from this facility from 1884 to 1929. [ 2 ]
The Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune looks at the key numbers in the 2025 city budget, notable increases and reductions and what comes next. Idled transportation utility a key reduction in 2025 ...
The Cedar River takes its name from the red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) trees growing there, and was originally called the Red Cedar River by the Meskwaki. [3] The first Mississippi steamboat reached Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1844, and during the next decade, the Red Cedar (as it was still called) was an important commercial waterway. [ 4 ]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 573 square miles (1,480 km 2), of which 566 square miles (1,470 km 2) is land and 6.9 square miles (18 km 2) (1.2%) is water. [ 5 ] The Cedar River roughly divides the county in half from the northwest to the southeast corner.