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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
OYEI4
Latitude
42.86231 N
Longitude
96.05600 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 664 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
12:15 AMCDT, 26 minutes 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

Owens County - Willow Creek Report

Rank 595 of 1,055 in Iowa, 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 score94.6of 100

Iowa median
94.7the median score of 1,055 stations
Scoring higher
592stations in Iowa
Sharing its score
29ranks 593 to 621
Points deducted
5.43.3 arrival, 1.6 forecast check, 0.4 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Iowa median 100.0, 100.0, 83.6
Next above
IA-SX-14rank 594; ahead on reports received 100% against 98.8%
Next below
DBFI4rank 603; behind on median arrival 26 min 36 s against 26 min 37 s
Sharing its rank
7other 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 3598.834.6 of 35 pointsIowa median 99.1664 of 672 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1066.86.7 of 10 pointsIowa median 82.8half its reports arrived within 27 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIowa median 100.0longest silence 45 min, on a schedule of one report every 15 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 83.6-

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
Schedule
every 15 minon the hour's :00, :15, :30 and :45
Reports received, 24 hours
95 of 9698.9% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
664 of 67298.8% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
45 minfrom Oct 15, 11:45 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 9:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
27 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 15 min, 96 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 15 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,055 ranked stations in Iowa 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, 4; 10 to 19 per cent, 11; 20 to 29 per cent, 2; 30 to 39 per cent, 2; 40 to 49 per cent, 43; 50 to 59 per cent, 68; 60 to 69 per cent, 11; 70 to 79 per cent, 112; 80 to 89 per cent, 88; 90 to 99 per cent, 399; 100 per cent, 315. Owens County - Willow Creek received 98.8 per cent, 664 of 672 scheduled reports, rank 595 of 1,055.WHERE IT RANKS IN IOWA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 98.8%, 664 OF 672, RANK 595 OF 1,055PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9410 to 191120 to 29230 to 39240 to 494350 to 596860 to 691170 to 7911280 to 898890 to 99399100315STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Owens County - Willow Creek's rank in Iowa by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 278 of 652; 2026-09-27 rank 430 of 653; 2026-09-28 rank 493 of 745; 2026-09-29 rank 467 of 758; 2026-09-30 rank 397 of 764; 2026-10-01 rank 368 of 771; 2026-10-02 rank 718 of 1,017; 2026-10-03 rank 718 of 1,017; 2026-10-04 rank 508 of 1,027; 2026-10-05 rank 474 of 1,089; 2026-10-06 rank 454 of 1,100; 2026-10-07 rank 521 of 1,096; 2026-10-08 rank 537 of 1,054; 2026-10-09 rank 658 of 1,051; 2026-10-10 rank 660 of 1,051; 2026-10-11 rank 594 of 1,048; 2026-10-12 rank 592 of 1,040; 2026-10-13 rank 594 of 1,035; 2026-10-14 rank 588 of 1,036; 2026-10-15 rank 603 of 1,038; 2026-10-16 rank 606 of 1,060; 2026-10-17 rank 595 of 1,055.ITS RANK IN IOWA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%315
90 to 99%399
80 to 89%88
70 to 79%112
60 to 69%11
50 to 59%68
40 to 49%43
30 to 39%2
20 to 29%2
10 to 19%11
0 to 9%4
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20265951,05598.8%
Oct 16, 20266061,06098.5%
Oct 15, 20266031,03898.8%
Oct 14, 20265881,03698.5%
Oct 13, 20265941,03598.3%
Oct 12, 20265921,04098.3%
Oct 11, 20265941,04898.2%
Oct 10, 20266601,05198.2%
Oct 9, 20266581,05198.2%
Oct 8, 20265371,05498.9%
Oct 7, 20265211,09699.1%
Oct 6, 20264541,10099.4%
Oct 5, 20264741,08999.1%
Oct 4, 20265081,02799.1%
Oct 3, 20267181,01798.4%
Oct 2, 20267181,01798.4%
Oct 1, 202636877198.0%
Sep 30, 202639776497.6%
Sep 29, 202646775897.6%
Sep 28, 202649374596.8%
Sep 27, 202643065396.2%
Sep 26, 202627865292.5%
Reports received at Owens County - Willow Creek, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Owens County - Willow Creek, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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