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DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
BLBC1
Latitude
39.80810 N
Longitude
122.32890 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 189 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
10:15 PMPDT, 1 hour ago
Precipitation today
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a dam

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 19 instruments in California stand at one.

Station charts

Stony Ck @ Black Butte Dam Report

Rank 2,595 of 4,465 in California, Oct 16. The 247 rank orders a state's stations by their 247 score out of 100: how reliably they report, how accurate their readings are against a reference station, how their readings pass their checks, and how they stand against the forecast.

Ranking Statistics

247 score88.9of 100

California median
91.6the median score of 4,465 stations
Scoring higher
2,592stations in California
Sharing its score
11ranks 2,593 to 2,603
Points deducted
11.15.5 reports received, 2.9 accuracy, 2.0 arrival, 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
CF160rank 2,594; ahead on reports received 92.1% against 84.3%
Next below
LIKC1rank 2,596; behind on reports received 84.3% against 78.5%

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 3584.429.5 of 35 pointsCalifornia median 98.5189 of 224 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1080.48.0 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 81.2half its reports arrived within 20 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
Schedule
every 45 minon the hour's :00 and :15
Reports received, 24 hours
27 of 3284.3% of its schedule, 32 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
189 of 22484.3% of its schedule, 231 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
29 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
1 h 45 minfrom Oct 15, 9:15 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 10:15 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
20 min9 in 10 within 25 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.

Chart of the 4,465 ranked stations in California on Oct 16 by the share of their scheduled reports received in Storm Station's own record, up to 7 days, in tenths: 0 to 9 per cent, 78; 10 to 19 per cent, 83; 20 to 29 per cent, 45; 30 to 39 per cent, 22; 40 to 49 per cent, 118; 50 to 59 per cent, 285; 60 to 69 per cent, 120; 70 to 79 per cent, 209; 80 to 89 per cent, 391; 90 to 99 per cent, 2,034; 100 per cent, 1,080. Stony Ck @ Black Butte Dam received 84.3 per cent, 189 of 224 scheduled reports, rank 2,595 of 4,465.WHERE IT RANKS IN CALIFORNIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 84.3%, 189 OF 224, RANK 2,595 OF 4,465PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 97810 to 198320 to 294530 to 392240 to 4911850 to 5928560 to 6912070 to 7920980 to 8939190 to 992,0341001,080STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Stony Ck @ Black Butte Dam's rank in California by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 896 of 3,089; 2026-09-27 rank 776 of 3,141; 2026-09-28 rank 1,991 of 3,395; 2026-09-29 rank 1,900 of 3,460; 2026-09-30 rank 1,888 of 3,491; 2026-10-01 rank 1,589 of 3,586; 2026-10-02 rank 1,139 of 3,944; 2026-10-03 rank 1,122 of 3,944; 2026-10-04 rank 1,053 of 4,072; 2026-10-05 rank 1,016 of 4,333; 2026-10-06 rank 1,001 of 4,362; 2026-10-07 rank 1,017 of 4,381; 2026-10-08 rank 906 of 4,405; 2026-10-09 rank 1,118 of 4,400; 2026-10-10 rank 1,120 of 4,400; 2026-10-11 rank 1,111 of 4,428; 2026-10-12 rank 1,056 of 4,446; 2026-10-13 rank 1,048 of 4,464; 2026-10-14 rank 2,747 of 4,466; 2026-10-15 rank 2,610 of 4,462; 2026-10-16 rank 2,595 of 4,465.ITS RANK IN CALIFORNIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,080
90 to 99%2,034
80 to 89%391
70 to 79%209
60 to 69%120
50 to 59%285
40 to 49%118
30 to 39%22
20 to 29%45
10 to 19%83
0 to 9%78
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20262,5954,46584.3%
Oct 15, 20262,6104,46284.3%
Oct 14, 20262,7474,46683.0%
Oct 13, 20261,0484,46499.4%
Oct 12, 20261,0564,44699.4%
Oct 11, 20261,1114,42899.4%
Oct 10, 20261,1204,40099.4%
Oct 9, 20261,1184,40099.4%
Oct 8, 20269064,405100.0%
Oct 7, 20261,0174,381100.0%
Oct 6, 20261,0014,362100.0%
Oct 5, 20261,0164,333100.0%
Oct 4, 20261,0534,072100.0%
Oct 3, 20261,1223,944100.0%
Oct 2, 20261,1393,944100.0%
Oct 1, 20261,5893,58699.2%
Sep 30, 20261,8883,49199.1%
Sep 29, 20261,9003,46098.9%
Sep 28, 20261,9913,39598.5%
Sep 27, 20267763,141100.0%
Sep 26, 20268963,089100.0%
Reports received at Stony Ck @ Black Butte Dam, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Stony Ck @ Black Butte Dam, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15
Precipitation at Stony Ck @ Black Butte Dam, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.16, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.050.100.150.20Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 150.00
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Oct 100.00
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Oct 80.03
Oct 70.01
Oct 60.00
Oct 50.00
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Oct 20.00
Oct 10.02
Sep 300.01
Sep 290.00
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Sep 270.00
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Sep 210.00
Sep 200.00
Sep 190.06
Sep 180.16
Sep 170.00

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