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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
HTBK1
Latitude
38.06030 N
Longitude
100.04530 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 166 reports in 166 hours over the last seven days
Observed
2:45 AMCDT, 38 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 24 instruments in Kansas stand at one.

Station charts

Buckner Creek below HORSE THIEF RESERVIOR blw Report

Rank 482 of 1,079 in Kansas, 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 score95.2of 100

Kansas median
94.4the median score of 1,079 stations
Scoring higher
481stations in Kansas
Sharing its score
7ranks 482 to 488
Points deducted
4.82.2 arrival, 2.1 forecast check, 0.4 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Kansas median 100.0, 100.0, 78.8
Next above
SYRK1rank 480; ahead on 247 score 95.3 against 95.2
Next below
RCNK1rank 483; behind on median arrival 21 min 9 s against 21 min 27 s

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 pointsKansas median 99.4166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1077.77.8 of 10 pointsKansas median 99.9half its reports arrived within 21 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsKansas 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 medianKansas median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianKansas median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-7.9 of 10 points, at the medianKansas median 78.8-

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 :45
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
166 of 16898.8% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 9, 3:45 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 2:45 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
21 min9 in 10 within 22 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 1,079 ranked stations in Kansas 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, 0; 10 to 19 per cent, 4; 20 to 29 per cent, 8; 30 to 39 per cent, 0; 40 to 49 per cent, 106; 50 to 59 per cent, 109; 60 to 69 per cent, 10; 70 to 79 per cent, 80; 80 to 89 per cent, 123; 90 to 99 per cent, 218; 100 per cent, 421. Buckner Creek below HORSE THIEF RESERVIOR blw received 98.8 per cent, 166 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 482 of 1,079.WHERE IT RANKS IN KANSAS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 98.8%, 166 OF 168, RANK 482 OF 1,079PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 910 to 19420 to 29830 to 3940 to 4910650 to 5910960 to 691070 to 798080 to 8912390 to 99218100421STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Buckner Creek below HORSE THIEF RESERVIOR blw's rank in Kansas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 125 of 341; 2026-09-27 rank 122 of 342; 2026-09-28 rank 111 of 506; 2026-09-29 rank 98 of 525; 2026-09-30 rank 105 of 571; 2026-10-01 rank 74 of 591; 2026-10-02 rank 820 of 1,380; 2026-10-03 rank 827 of 1,380; 2026-10-04 rank 417 of 1,389; 2026-10-05 rank 356 of 1,470; 2026-10-06 rank 330 of 1,479; 2026-10-07 rank 324 of 1,462; 2026-10-08 rank 341 of 1,077; 2026-10-09 rank 387 of 1,005; 2026-10-10 rank 389 of 1,005; 2026-10-11 rank 391 of 1,001; 2026-10-12 rank 401 of 993; 2026-10-13 rank 441 of 989; 2026-10-14 rank 444 of 990; 2026-10-15 rank 472 of 1,027; 2026-10-16 rank 482 of 1,079.ITS RANK IN KANSAS, 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%421
90 to 99%218
80 to 89%123
70 to 79%80
60 to 69%10
50 to 59%109
40 to 49%106
30 to 39%0
20 to 29%8
10 to 19%4
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20264821,07998.8%
Oct 15, 20264721,02798.2%
Oct 14, 202644499097.0%
Oct 13, 202644198997.0%
Oct 12, 202640199397.0%
Oct 11, 20263911,00197.6%
Oct 10, 20263891,00597.6%
Oct 9, 20263871,00597.6%
Oct 8, 20263411,07798.8%
Oct 7, 20263241,462100.0%
Oct 6, 20263301,479100.0%
Oct 5, 20263561,470100.0%
Oct 4, 20264171,389100.0%
Oct 3, 20268271,380100.0%
Oct 2, 20268201,380100.0%
Oct 1, 202674591100.0%
Sep 30, 2026105571100.0%
Sep 29, 202698525100.0%
Sep 28, 2026111506100.0%
Sep 27, 2026122342100.0%
Sep 26, 2026125341100.0%
Reports received at Buckner Creek below HORSE THIEF RESERVIOR blw, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at Buckner Creek below HORSE THIEF RESERVIOR blw, 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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