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Dodson South Canal

A gauge on the Dodson South Canal in Phillips County, Montana. Its stage was 0.48 ft as of Sep 29, 8:30 AM MDT.

Gauge DSCM8Phillips County, MontanaEvery gauge in Montana

Stage now
0.48 ftreported Sep 29, 8:30 AM MDT
24 hour change
Fell 0.01 ftsince Sep 28, 8:30 AM
Elevation
2,274 ftabove sea level
County
Phillips County
Position
48.4058° N, 108.3061° W
Record since
2011

Water level

Dodson South Canal

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.

Water level, 30 days at Dodson South Canal: the water from 0.35 to 1.42 feet of stage, the latest 0.48 feet.WATER LEVEL, 30 DAYSFTHIGH 1.42 FT, SEP 15, 11:15 PM · LOW 0.35 FT, SEP 26, 5:30 PM0.00.51.01.52.0Sep 16Sep 21Sep 26Oct 1Oct 6Oct 110.48
Latest
0.48 ftSep 29, 8:30 AM
Highest
1.42 ftSep 15, 11:15 PM
Lowest
0.35 ftSep 26, 5:30 PM
Range
1.07 fthighest less lowest
Change
Fell 0.94 ftsince Sep 15, 11:15 PM
Readings
1,251
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayHigh ftLow ftAverage ftLast ftReadings
Sep 290.560.480.520.4835
Sep 280.510.370.430.4996
Sep 270.580.370.440.4096
Sep 260.440.350.380.4096
Sep 250.490.360.410.3796
Sep 240.580.360.480.3796
Sep 230.770.410.600.5096
Sep 220.910.770.830.7792
Sep 211.130.911.050.9196
Sep 201.151.121.131.1290
Sep 191.201.151.171.1679
Sep 181.261.201.231.2096
Sep 171.341.261.291.2692
Sep 161.421.341.391.3492
Sep 151.421.421.421.423

How it reports

Schedule
every houron the hour's :15
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
167 of 16899.4% of its schedule
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 15, 10:15 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 9:15 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
24 min9 in 10 within 24 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 score92.3of 100

Montana median
91.1the median score of 1,053 stations
Scoring higher
430stations in Montana
Sharing its score
11ranks 431 to 441
Points deducted
7.72.7 arrival, 2.7 accuracy, 2.1 forecast check, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Montana median 86.7, 100.0, 78.7
Next above
BYDM8rank 431; ahead on median arrival 23 min 28 s against 23 min 36 s
Next below
FCFM8rank 440; behind on median arrival 23 min 36 s against 23 min 37 s
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 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsMontana median 98.8167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1072.87.3 of 10 pointsMontana median 80.4half its reports arrived within 24 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMontana median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-17.3 of 20 points, at the medianMontana median 86.7-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMontana median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-7.9 of 10 points, at the medianMontana median 78.7-

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 Dodson South Canal

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.