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Otter Creek

A gauge on the Otter Creek in Hancock County, Maine. Its stage was 1.99 ft as of Oct 15, 10:05 PM EDT.

Gauge OTRM1Hancock County, MaineEvery gauge in Maine

Stage now
1.99 ftreported Oct 15, 10:05 PM EDT
24 hour change
-
Elevation
105 ftabove sea level
County
Hancock County
Position
44.3327° N, 68.2067° W
Record since
2010

Water level

Otter Creek

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 hour
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
165 of 16898.2% of its schedule, 233 reports in all
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 9, 5:05 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 10:05 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
18 min9 in 10 within 18 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 score96.8of 100

Maine median
94.7the median score of 422 stations
Scoring higher
149stations in Maine
Sharing its score
3ranks 150 to 152
Points deducted
3.21.5 arrival, 0.9 forecast check, 0.6 reports received, 0.1 accuracy
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Maine median 99.4, 100.0, 91.1
Next above
BPRM1rank 149; ahead on 247 score 97.0 against 96.8
Next below
FLGM1rank 151; behind on median arrival 17 min 32 s against 17 min 52 s

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 3598.234.4 of 35 pointsMaine median 97.6165 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1084.98.5 of 10 pointsMaine median 98.8half its reports arrived within 18 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMaine median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-19.9 of 20 points, at the medianMaine median 99.4-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMaine median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.1 of 10 points, at the medianMaine median 91.1-

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 Otter Creek

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.