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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
ZETK1
Latitude
38.10028 N
Longitude
98.50917 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 161 reports in 162 hours over the last seven days
Observed
1:15 AMCDT, 41 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

Quivira NWR - Rattlesnake Creek Report

Rank 571 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 score94.1of 100

Kansas median
94.4the median score of 1,079 stations
Scoring higher
569stations in Kansas
Sharing its score
3ranks 570 to 572
Points deducted
5.92.3 arrival, 2.1 forecast check, 1.5 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
ENWK1rank 570; ahead on reports received 98.8% against 95.8%
Next below
ELAK1rank 573; behind on 247 score 94.1 against 94.0
Sharing its rank
1other 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 3595.833.5 of 35 pointsKansas median 99.4161 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1077.17.7 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 :15
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
161 of 16895.8% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 9, 7:15 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 1:15 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. Quivira NWR - Rattlesnake Creek received 95.8 per cent, 161 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 571 of 1,079.WHERE IT RANKS IN KANSAS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 95.8%, 161 OF 168, RANK 571 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 Quivira NWR - Rattlesnake Creek's rank in Kansas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 108 of 341; 2026-09-27 rank 135 of 342; 2026-09-28 rank 125 of 506; 2026-09-29 rank 93 of 525; 2026-09-30 rank 95 of 571; 2026-10-01 rank 69 of 591; 2026-10-02 rank 912 of 1,380; 2026-10-03 rank 912 of 1,380; 2026-10-04 rank 463 of 1,389; 2026-10-05 rank 403 of 1,470; 2026-10-06 rank 386 of 1,479; 2026-10-07 rank 376 of 1,462; 2026-10-08 rank 341 of 1,077; 2026-10-09 rank 380 of 1,005; 2026-10-10 rank 381 of 1,005; 2026-10-11 rank 391 of 1,001; 2026-10-12 rank 407 of 993; 2026-10-13 rank 493 of 989; 2026-10-14 rank 527 of 990; 2026-10-15 rank 577 of 1,027; 2026-10-16 rank 571 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, 20265711,07995.8%
Oct 15, 20265771,02794.6%
Oct 14, 202652799094.6%
Oct 13, 202649398995.8%
Oct 12, 202640799397.0%
Oct 11, 20263911,00197.6%
Oct 10, 20263811,00598.2%
Oct 9, 20263801,00598.2%
Oct 8, 20263411,07798.8%
Oct 7, 20263761,46298.8%
Oct 6, 20263861,47998.8%
Oct 5, 20264031,47098.8%
Oct 4, 20264631,38998.2%
Oct 3, 20269121,38098.1%
Oct 2, 20269121,38098.1%
Oct 1, 202669591100.0%
Sep 30, 202695571100.0%
Sep 29, 202693525100.0%
Sep 28, 2026125506100.0%
Sep 27, 2026135342100.0%
Sep 26, 2026108341100.0%
Reports received at Quivira NWR - Rattlesnake Creek, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012343 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Quivira NWR - Rattlesnake Creek, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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