Red Cedar River and Watershed

A daily data feed on the flow of the Red Cedar River, site number 04112500. The data set for the Annual Water Data Reports begins in 2006 to current.

Provides downloadable data sets on selected Red Cedar River qualities. Data coverage begins in 1902, 1931, 1963, or 1989 depending on the data set selected. Note that temperature data for the Red Cedar does not exist as it wasn't collected by the USGS for this station.

Users are able to view and download water quality data collected by the DEQ and DNR from surface water monitoring sites located throughout Michigan.
Search by location = Ingham County
Pull down the list and select Red Cedar
Look for the tabs: Assessments, Water Quality, Beach/River E.coli, etc.
Under USGS Gauge Station find discharge (volume) data from 1902 to present

Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) is a network of volunteer monitoring programs in Michigan, created to assist the DEQ in collecting and sharing water quality data for use in water resources management and protection programs.
To find data specifically on the Red Cedar River, go to:
Data Search Criteria - http://www.micorps.net/data/view/search/stream/raw.php
1. Search by County, Watershed, Stream/River Name or All sites
Go To: Stream/River Name and select Red Cedar River from the options.
2. Select Date Range - Leave open for most results
3. Select Output Format - I recommend you go with Web format until you find what you need, then you can redo the search and retrieve the data set in spreadsheet format.

This site pulls together several federal agency resources on the Upper Grand Watershed. The Red Cedar is part of the Upper Grand Watershed.

Water quality program measures for E. coli in the Grand and Red Cedar Rivers, Sycamore Creek and Stockbridge. Data presented by sampling sites.

USDA hosted GIS data including hydrological boundaries.

Here you can browse, search, preview, and download a variety of Michigan geospatial datasets. Browse by category or enter key words in the search box to locate a dataset of interest. You can then read its description to learn more and explore attributes before downloading. A variety of formats exist when downloading such as ESRI shapefile, spreadsheet, KML, or API.

Daily and hourly weather data from 72 weather stations around Michigan.
First choose a weather station.
Then choose data type (such as 'daily weather')
Then choose data points (such as 'max air temperature')
Then choose a date range
Click 'generate report'

Part of the research guide: Atmospheric Sciences Guide - Climatology, Meteorology