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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
NVCC1
Latitude
38.08470 N
Longitude
122.55670 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 167 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
5:30 PMPDT, 56 minutes ago
Precipitation today
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 432 instruments in California stand at one.

Station charts

USGS/Alert Streamflow At Novato Creek A Novato Report

Rank 683 of 4,461 in California, Oct 17. 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 score94.5of 100

California median
90.9the median score of 4,461 stations
Scoring higher
643stations in California
Sharing its score
89ranks 644 to 732
Points deducted
5.53.4 accuracy, 1.0 arrival, 0.9 forecast check, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; California median 83.2, 100.0, 90.8
Next above
SCSC1rank 681; ahead on longest silence 90 min against 120 min
Next below
SFTC1rank 724; behind on median arrival 14 min 57 s against 14 min 58 s
Sharing its rank
40other 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 pointsCalifornia median 98.8167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1090.19.0 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 81.1half its reports arrived within 15 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-16.6 of 20 points, at the medianCalifornia median 83.2-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianCalifornia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.1 of 10 points, at the medianCalifornia median 90.8-

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
Schedule
every houron the hour's :30
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
167 of 16899.4% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
11 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 16, 9:30 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 5:30 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
15 min9 in 10 within 15 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.

Chart of the 4,461 ranked stations in California on Oct 17 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, 74; 10 to 19 per cent, 106; 20 to 29 per cent, 32; 30 to 39 per cent, 17; 40 to 49 per cent, 114; 50 to 59 per cent, 278; 60 to 69 per cent, 133; 70 to 79 per cent, 222; 80 to 89 per cent, 396; 90 to 99 per cent, 2,009; 100 per cent, 1,080. USGS/Alert Streamflow At Novato Creek A Novato received 99.4 per cent, 167 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 683 of 4,461.WHERE IT RANKS IN CALIFORNIA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 99.4%, 167 OF 168, RANK 683 OF 4,461PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 97410 to 1910620 to 293230 to 391740 to 4911450 to 5927860 to 6913370 to 7922280 to 8939690 to 992,0091001,080STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of USGS/Alert Streamflow At Novato Creek A Novato's rank in California by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 271 of 3,089; 2026-09-27 rank 247 of 3,141; 2026-09-28 rank 245 of 3,395; 2026-09-29 rank 249 of 3,460; 2026-09-30 rank 268 of 3,491; 2026-10-01 rank 229 of 3,586; 2026-10-02 rank 831 of 3,944; 2026-10-03 rank 804 of 3,944; 2026-10-04 rank 760 of 4,072; 2026-10-05 rank 732 of 4,333; 2026-10-06 rank 714 of 4,362; 2026-10-07 rank 711 of 4,381; 2026-10-08 rank 764 of 4,405; 2026-10-09 rank 851 of 4,400; 2026-10-10 rank 846 of 4,400; 2026-10-11 rank 841 of 4,428; 2026-10-12 rank 807 of 4,446; 2026-10-13 rank 814 of 4,464; 2026-10-14 rank 799 of 4,466; 2026-10-15 rank 700 of 4,462; 2026-10-16 rank 661 of 4,465; 2026-10-17 rank 683 of 4,461.ITS RANK IN CALIFORNIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12505007501,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,080
90 to 99%2,009
80 to 89%396
70 to 79%222
60 to 69%133
50 to 59%278
40 to 49%114
30 to 39%17
20 to 29%32
10 to 19%106
0 to 9%74
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20266834,46199.4%
Oct 16, 20266614,46599.4%
Oct 15, 20267004,46299.4%
Oct 14, 20267994,46698.2%
Oct 13, 20268144,46498.2%
Oct 12, 20268074,44698.2%
Oct 11, 20268414,42898.2%
Oct 10, 20268464,40098.2%
Oct 9, 20268514,40098.2%
Oct 8, 20267644,40598.2%
Oct 7, 20267114,38199.4%
Oct 6, 20267144,36299.4%
Oct 5, 20267324,33399.4%
Oct 4, 20267604,07299.4%
Oct 3, 20268043,94499.3%
Oct 2, 20268313,94499.3%
Oct 1, 20262293,586100.0%
Sep 30, 20262683,491100.0%
Sep 29, 20262493,460100.0%
Sep 28, 20262453,395100.0%
Sep 27, 20262473,141100.0%
Sep 26, 20262713,089100.0%
Reports received at USGS/Alert Streamflow At Novato Creek A Novato, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012349 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Fri 16, 5 PM0.003
Fri 16, 4 PM0.004
Fri 16, 3 PM0.004
Fri 16, 2 PM0.004
Fri 16, 1 PM0.004
Fri 16, 12 PM0.004
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Reports received at USGS/Alert Streamflow At Novato Creek A Novato, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
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Near USGS/Alert Streamflow At Novato Creek A Novato