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Shirley Gulch

A water gauge in Stanislaus County, California. Its stage was 0.11 ft as of Oct 15, 11:00 PM PDT.

Gauge SHYC1Stanislaus County, CaliforniaEvery gauge in California

Stage now
0.11 ftreported Oct 15, 11:00 PM PDT
24 hour change
-
Elevation
325 ftabove sea level
County
Stanislaus County
Position
37.9025° N, 120.7597° W
Record since
2010

Water level

Shirley Gulch

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 45 minon the hour's :00 and :45
Reports received, 24 hours
28 of 3287.5% of its schedule, 41 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
200 of 22489.2% of its schedule, 287 reports in all
Longest silence, 7 days
1 h 45 minfrom Oct 15, 9:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 11:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
25 min9 in 10 within 30 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 45 min, 32 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 45 min count as one received.

Ranking Statistics

247 score89.6of 100

California median
91.6the median score of 4,465 stations
Scoring higher
2,499stations in California
Sharing its score
30ranks 2,500 to 2,529
Points deducted
10.43.7 reports received, 3.0 arrival, 2.9 accuracy, 0.8 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; California median 85.6, 100.0, 92.4
Next above
THTC1rank 2,520; ahead on reports received 91.6% against 89.2%
Next below
XLNC1rank 2,529; behind on reports received 89.2% against 88.0%
Sharing its rank
7other 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 3589.331.3 of 35 pointsCalifornia median 98.5200 of 224 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1070.17.0 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 81.2half its reports arrived within 25 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 100.0longest silence 1.8 h, on a schedule of one report every 45 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-17.1 of 20 points, at the medianCalifornia median 85.6-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianCalifornia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.2 of 10 points, at the medianCalifornia median 92.4-

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 (2.3 h), none for 72 (54 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 Shirley Gulch

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.