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Sawmill Creek near Sitka

A gauge on the Sawmill Creek in Sitka, Alaska. Its stage was 12.63 ft as of Oct 15, 6:30 PM AKDT.

Gauge SCSA2Sitka, AlaskaEvery gauge in Alaska

Stage now
12.63 ftreported Oct 15, 6:30 PM AKDT
24 hour change
-
Elevation
108 ftabove sea level
Area
Sitka
Position
57.0514° N, 135.2278° W
Record since
2015

Water level

Sawmill Creek near Sitka

Stage is the height of the water's surface above the gauge's own fixed zero, in feet, not the depth of the water. Every point drawn is a reading the gauge sent, at the time it sent it.

How it reports

Schedule
every houron the hour's :30
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
166 of 16898.8% of its schedule, 167 reports in all
Longest silence, 7 days
1 h 30 minfrom Oct 9, 9:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 5:30 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
17 min9 in 10 within 17 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every hour, 24 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same hour count as one received.

Ranking Statistics

247 score98.2of 100

Alaska median
96.0the median score of 1,023 stations
Scoring higher
280stations in Alaska
Sharing its score
26ranks 281 to 306
Points deducted
1.81.4 arrival, 0.4 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Alaska median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
SCOA2rank 296; ahead on median arrival 16 min 48 s against 16 min 49 s
Next below
ICDA2rank 302; behind on longest silence 90 min against 120 min
Sharing its rank
1other stations, equal on every measure

Equal scores are ordered by the share of scheduled reports received, then the reports due in the week (the longer record first), then the median arrival, then the longest silence.

  1. Reports receivedweight 3598.834.6 of 35 pointsAlaska median 98.8166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1086.48.6 of 10 pointsAlaska median 86.1half its reports arrived within 17 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsAlaska median 100.0longest silence 1.5 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianAlaska median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianAlaska median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianAlaska median 100.0-

The score is the weighted mean of its six parts, from the last 7 days. How a station is ranked sets out each part.

How each part is scored
Reports received
Full marks for every scheduled report received, none for none, in proportion between
Arrival
Full marks for a median arrival within 10 min, none at 60 min
Continuity
Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (3 h), none for 72 (72 h)
Accuracy
Full marks within 1.5 °F of its reference, typically, none beyond 8.0 °F
Instrument checks
Full marks for no reading failed, none for 5 per cent or more
Forecast check
Full marks within 2 °F of the forecast on average, none at 8 °F

Near Sawmill Creek near Sitka

How to read a gauge

A gauge measures the height of the water where it stands, its stage, in feet above a fixed mark at that gauge. Two gauges' stages are not comparable: each is measured from its own mark, and a reservoir's is often its height above sea level.

The stage shown is the latest the gauge reported, with the time it reported it. Storm Station hears each gauge on its own schedule and ranks it among its state's stations by its 247 score, how reliably it reports and how its readings hold up: that is its 247 rank.