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Nottely River at Cook Bridge near Murphy

A gauge on the Nottely River in Cherokee County, North Carolina. Its stage was 6.80 ft as of Oct 16, 12:10 AM EDT.

Gauge NCBN7Cherokee County, North CarolinaEvery gauge in North Carolina

Stage now
6.80 ftreported Oct 16, 12:10 AM EDT
24 hour change
-
Elevation
1,562 ftabove sea level
County
Cherokee County
Position
35.0279° N, 84.1148° W
Record since
2010

Water level

Nottely River at Cook Bridge near Murphy

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 20 min
Reports received, 24 hours
68 of 7294.4% of its schedule, 75 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
481 of 50495.4% of its schedule, 561 reports in all
Longest silence, 7 days
40 minfrom Oct 10, 10:10 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 12:05 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
18 min9 in 10 within 19 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 20 min, 72 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 20 min count as one received.

Ranking Statistics

247 score96.8of 100

North Carolina median
95.0the median score of 2,255 stations
Scoring higher
914stations in North Carolina
Sharing its score
20ranks 915 to 934
Points deducted
3.21.7 arrival, 1.5 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; North Carolina median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
TCLN7rank 932; ahead on reports received 96.4% against 95.6%
Next below
JEFN7rank 934; behind on reports received 95.6% against 95.4%

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 3595.633.5 of 35 pointsNorth Carolina median 92.6482 of 504 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1083.08.3 of 10 pointsNorth Carolina median 95.2half its reports arrived within 18 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsNorth Carolina median 100.0longest silence 60 min, on a schedule of one report every 20 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianNorth Carolina 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 (60 min), none for 72 (24 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 Nottely River at Cook Bridge near Murphy

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.