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Backlick Run at Armistead Boothe Park

A gauge on the Backlick Run in Alexandria County, Virginia. Its stage was 69.08 ft as of Oct 16, 1:00 AM EDT.

Gauge ABPV2Alexandria County, VirginiaEvery gauge in Virginia

Stage now
69.08 ftreported Oct 16, 1:00 AM EDT
24 hour change
Rose 0.18 ftsince Oct 15, 1:00 AM
Elevation
78 ftabove sea level
County
Alexandria County
Position
38.8039° N, 77.1283° W
Record since
2011

Water level

Backlick Run at Armistead Boothe Park

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, 24 hours at Backlick Run at Armistead Boothe Park: the water from 68.97 to 69.08 feet of stage, the latest 69.08 feet.WATER LEVEL, 24 HOURSFTHIGH 69.08 FT, OCT 16, 1:00 AM · LOW 68.97 FT, OCT 15, 7:00 AM68.9569.0069.0569.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 1669.08
Latest
69.08 ftOct 16, 1:00 AM
Highest
69.08 ftOct 16, 1:00 AM
Lowest
68.97 ftOct 15, 7:00 AM
Range
0.11 fthighest less lowest
Change
Rose 0.11 ftsince Oct 15, 7:00 AM
Readings
4
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
TimeStage ft
Oct 16, 1:00 AM69.08
Oct 15, 7:00 PM69.07
Oct 15, 1:00 PM69.00
Oct 15, 7:00 AM68.97
Water level, 7 days at Backlick Run at Armistead Boothe Park: the water from 68.90 to 70.41 feet of stage, the latest 69.08 feet.WATER LEVEL, 7 DAYSFTHIGH 70.41 FT, OCT 11, 11:05 AM · LOW 68.90 FT, OCT 9, 1:00 PM68.569.069.570.070.571.0Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 1669.08
Latest
69.08 ftOct 16, 1:00 AM
Highest
70.41 ftOct 11, 11:05 AM
Lowest
68.90 ftOct 9, 1:00 PM
Range
1.51 fthighest less lowest
Change
Fell 0.14 ftsince Oct 9, 7:00 AM
Readings
51
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
TimeStage ft
Oct 16, 1:00 AM69.08
Oct 15, 7:00 PM69.07
Oct 15, 1:00 PM69.00
Oct 15, 7:00 AM68.97
Oct 15, 1:00 AM68.90
Oct 14, 7:00 PM68.90
Oct 14, 1:00 PM68.90
Oct 14, 7:00 AM69.07
Oct 14, 1:00 AM69.01
Oct 13, 7:00 PM68.91
Oct 13, 1:00 PM68.90
Oct 13, 8:45 AM68.99
Oct 13, 7:00 AM69.19
Oct 13, 1:00 AM69.12
Oct 12, 7:00 PM69.00
Oct 12, 1:00 PM68.90
Oct 12, 8:30 AM69.02
Oct 12, 7:00 AM69.23
Oct 12, 6:50 AM69.32
Oct 12, 5:25 AM69.74
Oct 12, 4:25 AM70.17
Oct 12, 1:00 AM69.12
Oct 11, 7:00 PM69.08
Oct 11, 1:00 PM69.15
Oct 11, 12:50 PM69.16
Oct 11, 11:45 AM70.00
Oct 11, 10:45 AM70.20
Oct 11, 9:45 AM69.33
Oct 11, 7:00 AM69.11
Oct 11, 1:00 AM69.06
Oct 10, 7:00 PM69.00
Oct 10, 1:00 PM68.91
Oct 10, 10:20 AM68.99
Oct 10, 7:00 AM69.19
Oct 10, 1:00 AM69.12
Oct 9, 7:00 PM68.96
Oct 9, 1:00 PM68.90
Oct 9, 9:30 AM69.01
Oct 9, 7:00 AM69.22
Water level, 30 days at Backlick Run at Armistead Boothe Park: the water from 68.90 to 70.84 feet of stage, the latest 69.08 feet.WATER LEVEL, 30 DAYSFTHIGH 70.84 FT, SEP 30, 10:50 AM · LOW 68.90 FT, SEP 16, 10:25 AM68.569.069.570.070.571.071.5Sep 16Sep 21Sep 26Oct 1Oct 6Oct 1169.08
Latest
69.08 ftOct 16, 1:00 AM
Highest
70.84 ftSep 30, 10:50 AM
Lowest
68.90 ftSep 16, 10:25 AM
Range
1.94 fthighest less lowest
Change
Rose 0.10 ftsince Sep 16, 4:25 AM
Readings
177
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayHigh ftLow ftAverage ftLast ftReadings
Oct 1669.0869.0869.0869.081
Oct 1569.0768.9068.9969.074
Oct 1469.0768.9068.9768.904
Oct 1369.1968.9069.0268.915
Oct 1270.1768.9069.4569.0012
Oct 1170.4169.0669.6169.0816
Oct 1069.1968.9169.0469.005
Oct 969.2268.9069.0668.966
Oct 869.1668.9069.0168.925
Oct 769.2868.9069.1069.005
Oct 669.2668.9069.0969.075
Oct 569.1068.9068.9968.995
Oct 469.0969.0669.0769.064
Oct 369.0668.9269.0269.064
Oct 269.0368.9068.9568.904
Oct 169.0468.9068.9668.904
Sep 3070.8468.9069.7668.9018
Sep 2970.1069.2269.6569.4211
Sep 2869.8769.1569.4969.347
Sep 2769.3369.1569.2469.154
Sep 2669.0769.0269.0469.064
Sep 2569.5668.9069.1569.039
Sep 2468.9068.9068.9068.904
Sep 2368.9068.9068.9068.904
Sep 2268.9068.9068.9068.904
Sep 2168.9868.9068.9368.984
Sep 2068.9268.9068.9168.904
Sep 1968.9268.9068.9168.903
Sep 1868.9068.9068.9068.904
Sep 1768.9068.9068.9068.904
Sep 1668.9868.9068.9268.904

How it reports

Schedule
every 15 min
Reports received, 24 hours
5 of 965.2% of its schedule, 9 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
78 of 67211.6% of its schedule, 119 reports in all
Longest silence, 7 days
6 hoursfrom Oct 10, 1:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 1:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
14 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 15 min, 96 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 15 min count as one received.

Ranking Statistics

247 score61.5of 100

Virginia median
95.9the median score of 1,541 stations
Scoring higher
1,518stations in Virginia
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
38.530.9 reports received, 6.5 continuity, 0.7 arrival, 0.4 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Virginia median 100.0, 100.0, 96.5
Next above
RNSV2rank 1,518; ahead on 247 score 61.7 against 61.5
Next below
HTLV2rank 1,520; behind on 247 score 61.5 against 61.4

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 3511.84.1 of 35 pointsVirginia median 97.979 of 672 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1092.69.3 of 10 pointsVirginia median 92.7half its reports arrived within 14 min
  3. Continuityweight 1034.63.5 of 10 pointsVirginia median 100.0longest silence 6 h, on a schedule of one report every 15 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.7 of 10 points, at the medianVirginia median 96.5-

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 (45 min), none for 72 (18 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 Backlick Run at Armistead Boothe Park

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.