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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
RIVM4
Latitude
42.18610 N
Longitude
86.36830 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 167 reports in 161 hours over the last seven days
Observed
4:00 AMEDT, 14 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 38 instruments in Michigan stand at one.

Station charts

Paw Paw River At Paw Paw At Riverside Report

Rank 276 of 979 in Michigan, 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 score98.5of 100

Michigan median
95.5the median score of 979 stations
Scoring higher
261stations in Michigan
Sharing its score
18ranks 262 to 279
Points deducted
1.50.8 forecast check, 0.5 arrival, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Michigan median 100.0, 100.0, 92.3
Next above
STRM4rank 272; ahead on longest silence 120 min against 121 min
Next below
FCRM4rank 278; behind on median arrival 12 min 36 s against 12 min 37 s
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 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsMichigan median 98.2167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1094.89.5 of 10 pointsMichigan median 96.9half its reports arrived within 13 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMichigan 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 medianMichigan median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMichigan median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.2 of 10 points, at the medianMichigan median 92.3-

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 :00
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
167 of 16899.4% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 h 01 minfrom Oct 13, 11:59 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 4:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
13 min9 in 10 within 13 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 979 ranked stations in Michigan 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, 1; 10 to 19 per cent, 7; 20 to 29 per cent, 23; 30 to 39 per cent, 1; 40 to 49 per cent, 51; 50 to 59 per cent, 128; 60 to 69 per cent, 37; 70 to 79 per cent, 64; 80 to 89 per cent, 94; 90 to 99 per cent, 242; 100 per cent, 331. Paw Paw River At Paw Paw At Riverside received 99.4 per cent, 167 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 276 of 979.WHERE IT RANKS IN MICHIGAN, Oct 16THIS ONE: 99.4%, 167 OF 168, RANK 276 OF 979PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 19720 to 292330 to 39140 to 495150 to 5912860 to 693770 to 796480 to 899490 to 99242100331STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Paw Paw River At Paw Paw At Riverside's rank in Michigan by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 73 of 407; 2026-09-27 rank 71 of 365; 2026-09-28 rank 65 of 464; 2026-09-29 rank 76 of 485; 2026-09-30 rank 65 of 493; 2026-10-01 rank 25 of 493; 2026-10-02 rank 251 of 784; 2026-10-03 rank 250 of 784; 2026-10-04 rank 235 of 792; 2026-10-05 rank 230 of 952; 2026-10-06 rank 212 of 965; 2026-10-07 rank 214 of 983; 2026-10-08 rank 203 of 982; 2026-10-09 rank 233 of 953; 2026-10-10 rank 241 of 953; 2026-10-11 rank 237 of 976; 2026-10-12 rank 242 of 964; 2026-10-13 rank 251 of 961; 2026-10-14 rank 277 of 975; 2026-10-15 rank 303 of 984; 2026-10-16 rank 276 of 979.ITS RANK IN MICHIGAN, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1100200300400Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%331
90 to 99%242
80 to 89%94
70 to 79%64
60 to 69%37
50 to 59%128
40 to 49%51
30 to 39%1
20 to 29%23
10 to 19%7
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202627697999.4%
Oct 15, 202630398498.8%
Oct 14, 202627797598.8%
Oct 13, 202625196198.8%
Oct 12, 202624296498.8%
Oct 11, 202623797698.8%
Oct 10, 202624195398.8%
Oct 9, 202623395398.8%
Oct 8, 202620398299.4%
Oct 7, 2026214983100.0%
Oct 6, 2026212965100.0%
Oct 5, 2026230952100.0%
Oct 4, 2026235792100.0%
Oct 3, 2026250784100.0%
Oct 2, 2026251784100.0%
Oct 1, 202625493100.0%
Sep 30, 202665493100.0%
Sep 29, 202676485100.0%
Sep 28, 202665464100.0%
Sep 27, 202671365100.0%
Sep 26, 202673407100.0%
Reports received at Paw Paw River At Paw Paw At Riverside, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at Paw Paw River At Paw Paw At Riverside, 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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