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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
SPFI2
Latitude
39.76530 N
Longitude
89.69860 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 82 reports in 105 hours over the last seven days
Observed
6:00 AMCDT, 3 hours ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 137 instruments in Illinois stand at one.

Station charts

Spring Creek AT Springfield Report

Rank 875 of 1,393 in Illinois, 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 score93.6of 100

Illinois median
95.9the median score of 1,393 stations
Scoring higher
873stations in Illinois
Sharing its score
2ranks 874 to 875
Points deducted
6.45.1 arrival, 0.8 reports received, 0.5 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Illinois median 100.0, 100.0, 94.7
Next above
SSDI2rank 874; ahead on reports received 98.8% against 97.6%
Next below
CFKI2rank 876; behind on 247 score 93.6 against 93.5

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 3597.634.2 of 35 pointsIllinois median 99.182 of 84 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1049.44.9 of 10 pointsIllinois median 96.3half its reports arrived within 67 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIllinois median 100.0longest silence 3 h, on a schedule of one report every 2 h
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianIllinois median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianIllinois median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianIllinois median 94.7-

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 12 min, none at 2 h
Continuity
Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (6 h), none for 72 (144 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 2 hourson the hour's :00, :15, :30 and :45
Reports received, 24 hours
11 of 1291.6% of its schedule, 12 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
81 of 8496.4% of its schedule, 103 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
3 hoursfrom Oct 14, 2:30 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 6:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
67 min9 in 10 within 1 h 36 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every 2 hours, 12 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 2 hours count as one received.

Chart of the 1,393 ranked stations in Illinois 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, 2; 10 to 19 per cent, 8; 20 to 29 per cent, 28; 30 to 39 per cent, 5; 40 to 49 per cent, 83; 50 to 59 per cent, 144; 60 to 69 per cent, 25; 70 to 79 per cent, 91; 80 to 89 per cent, 143; 90 to 99 per cent, 339; 100 per cent, 525. Spring Creek AT Springfield received 97.6 per cent, 82 of 84 scheduled reports, rank 875 of 1,393.WHERE IT RANKS IN ILLINOIS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 97.6%, 82 OF 84, RANK 875 OF 1,393PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9210 to 19820 to 292830 to 39540 to 498350 to 5914460 to 692570 to 799180 to 8914390 to 99339100525STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Spring Creek AT Springfield's rank in Illinois by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 253 of 415; 2026-09-27 rank 375 of 417; 2026-09-28 rank 474 of 517; 2026-09-29 rank 490 of 535; 2026-09-30 rank 466 of 540; 2026-10-01 rank 458 of 542; 2026-10-02 rank 949 of 1,103; 2026-10-03 rank 950 of 1,104; 2026-10-04 rank 770 of 1,162; 2026-10-05 rank 788 of 1,318; 2026-10-06 rank 838 of 1,354; 2026-10-07 rank 834 of 1,449; 2026-10-08 rank 810 of 1,399; 2026-10-09 rank 881 of 1,364; 2026-10-10 rank 840 of 1,364; 2026-10-11 rank 835 of 1,359; 2026-10-12 rank 859 of 1,354; 2026-10-13 rank 839 of 1,360; 2026-10-14 rank 844 of 1,356; 2026-10-15 rank 867 of 1,375; 2026-10-16 rank 875 of 1,393.ITS RANK IN ILLINOIS, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12505007501,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%525
90 to 99%339
80 to 89%143
70 to 79%91
60 to 69%25
50 to 59%144
40 to 49%83
30 to 39%5
20 to 29%28
10 to 19%8
0 to 9%2
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20268751,39397.6%
Oct 15, 20268671,37596.4%
Oct 14, 20268441,35696.4%
Oct 13, 20268391,36095.2%
Oct 12, 20268591,35492.8%
Oct 11, 20268351,35990.4%
Oct 10, 20268401,36486.9%
Oct 9, 20268811,36486.9%
Oct 8, 20268101,39991.6%
Oct 7, 20268341,44990.4%
Oct 6, 20268381,35491.6%
Oct 5, 20267881,31894.0%
Oct 4, 20267701,16298.8%
Oct 3, 20269501,10493.9%
Oct 2, 20269491,10393.9%
Oct 1, 202645854292.9%
Sep 30, 202646654093.2%
Sep 29, 202649053572.0%
Sep 28, 202647451791.4%
Sep 27, 202637541795.6%
Sep 26, 2026253415100.0%
Reports received at Spring Creek AT Springfield, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02469 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM
Reports received at Spring Creek AT Springfield, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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