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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
BOCI4
Latitude
43.24520 N
Longitude
96.17750 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 162 reports in 163 hours over the last seven days
Observed
12:15 AMCDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 15 instruments in Iowa stand at one.

Station charts

Burr Oak Creek 4 N Perkins Report

Rank 722 of 1,060 in Iowa, 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 score92.8of 100

Iowa median
94.7the median score of 1,060 stations
Scoring higher
719stations in Iowa
Sharing its score
4ranks 720 to 723
Points deducted
7.24.3 arrival, 1.6 forecast check, 1.3 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Iowa median 100.0, 100.0, 83.8
Next above
SHAI4rank 720; ahead on reports received 99.4% against 96.4%
Next below
AESI4rank 723; behind on reports received 96.4% against 93.7%

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 3596.433.7 of 35 pointsIowa median 99.0162 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1057.15.7 of 10 pointsIowa median 82.9half its reports arrived within 31 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIowa median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianIowa median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianIowa median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-8.4 of 10 points, at the medianIowa median 83.8-

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 :15
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
162 of 16896.4% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 9, 10:15 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 12:15 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
31 min9 in 10 within 32 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 1,060 ranked stations in Iowa 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, 5; 10 to 19 per cent, 2; 20 to 29 per cent, 12; 30 to 39 per cent, 2; 40 to 49 per cent, 47; 50 to 59 per cent, 72; 60 to 69 per cent, 10; 70 to 79 per cent, 118; 80 to 89 per cent, 80; 90 to 99 per cent, 425; 100 per cent, 287. Burr Oak Creek 4 N Perkins received 96.4 per cent, 162 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 722 of 1,060.WHERE IT RANKS IN IOWA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 96.4%, 162 OF 168, RANK 722 OF 1,060PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9510 to 19220 to 291230 to 39240 to 494750 to 597260 to 691070 to 7911880 to 898090 to 99425100287STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Burr Oak Creek 4 N Perkins's rank in Iowa by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 183 of 652; 2026-09-27 rank 182 of 653; 2026-09-28 rank 176 of 745; 2026-09-29 rank 179 of 758; 2026-09-30 rank 177 of 764; 2026-10-01 rank 127 of 771; 2026-10-02 rank 478 of 1,017; 2026-10-03 rank 479 of 1,017; 2026-10-04 rank 414 of 1,027; 2026-10-05 rank 400 of 1,089; 2026-10-06 rank 556 of 1,100; 2026-10-07 rank 453 of 1,096; 2026-10-08 rank 370 of 1,054; 2026-10-09 rank 364 of 1,051; 2026-10-10 rank 365 of 1,051; 2026-10-11 rank 374 of 1,048; 2026-10-12 rank 392 of 1,040; 2026-10-13 rank 483 of 1,035; 2026-10-14 rank 617 of 1,036; 2026-10-15 rank 674 of 1,038; 2026-10-16 rank 722 of 1,060.ITS RANK IN IOWA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%287
90 to 99%425
80 to 89%80
70 to 79%118
60 to 69%10
50 to 59%72
40 to 49%47
30 to 39%2
20 to 29%12
10 to 19%2
0 to 9%5
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20267221,06096.4%
Oct 15, 20266741,03897.0%
Oct 14, 20266171,03697.0%
Oct 13, 20264831,03598.2%
Oct 12, 20263921,04098.8%
Oct 11, 20263741,04899.4%
Oct 10, 20263651,051100.0%
Oct 9, 20263641,051100.0%
Oct 8, 20263701,05499.4%
Oct 7, 20264531,09699.4%
Oct 6, 20265561,10099.4%
Oct 5, 20264001,08999.4%
Oct 4, 20264141,02799.4%
Oct 3, 20264791,01799.3%
Oct 2, 20264781,01799.3%
Oct 1, 2026127771100.0%
Sep 30, 2026177764100.0%
Sep 29, 2026179758100.0%
Sep 28, 2026176745100.0%
Sep 27, 2026182653100.0%
Sep 26, 2026183652100.0%
Reports received at Burr Oak Creek 4 N Perkins, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012343 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Burr Oak Creek 4 N Perkins, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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