[Freedom4US]

I wondered about that too. Cedar Falls uses the courthouse steps as some sort of baseline elev. figure while Waterloo does not.

[xjcsa]

Cedar Falls uses the courthouse steps as some sort of baseline elev. figure while Waterloo does not.

On the news last night they said the Cedar Falls number is simply elevation above sea level, minus 700. So 102 feet on the gauge is 802 feet above sea level, and the flood stage of 88 feet is 788 feet above sea level.