Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
BOUS2
Latitude
44.39639 N
Longitude
103.58222 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 178 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
5:15 AMCDT, 44 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 52 instruments in South Dakota stand at one.

Station charts

Bear Butte Creek AT Boulder Canyon Report

Rank 349 of 806 in South Dakota, 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

South Dakota median
93.1the median score of 806 stations
Scoring higher
320stations in South Dakota
Sharing its score
29ranks 321 to 349
Points deducted
5.92.7 forecast check, 2.2 arrival, 0.9 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; South Dakota median 100.0, 100.0, 72.6
Next above
06437330rank 348; ahead on reports received 98.2% against 97.2%
Next below
SD-MH-1rank 350; behind on 247 score 94.1 against 94.0

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 3597.334.1 of 35 pointsSouth Dakota median 98.2178 of 183 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1078.07.8 of 10 pointsSouth Dakota median 86.0half its reports arrived within 21 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsSouth Dakota median 100.0longest silence 60 min, on a schedule of one report every 55 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianSouth Dakota median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianSouth Dakota median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-7.3 of 10 points, at the medianSouth Dakota median 72.6-

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 (2.8 h), none for 72 (66 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
Time to reach Storm Station
21 min9 in 10 within 26 min

The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 178 of 183 scheduled reports received, 97.2%.

Chart of the 806 ranked stations in South Dakota 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, 0; 20 to 29 per cent, 4; 30 to 39 per cent, 1; 40 to 49 per cent, 37; 50 to 59 per cent, 43; 60 to 69 per cent, 3; 70 to 79 per cent, 166; 80 to 89 per cent, 88; 90 to 99 per cent, 160; 100 per cent, 303. Bear Butte Creek AT Boulder Canyon received 97.2 per cent, 178 of 183 scheduled reports, rank 349 of 806.WHERE IT RANKS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 97.2%, 178 OF 183, RANK 349 OF 806PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 1920 to 29430 to 39140 to 493750 to 594360 to 69370 to 7916680 to 898890 to 99160100303STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Bear Butte Creek AT Boulder Canyon's rank in South Dakota by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 423 of 425; 2026-09-27 rank 214 of 428; 2026-09-28 rank 354 of 563; 2026-09-29 rank 349 of 585; 2026-09-30 rank 333 of 591; 2026-10-01 rank 321 of 590; 2026-10-02 rank 313 of 769; 2026-10-03 rank 310 of 769; 2026-10-04 rank 334 of 792; 2026-10-05 rank 350 of 826; 2026-10-06 rank 346 of 832; 2026-10-07 rank 371 of 834; 2026-10-08 rank 292 of 813; 2026-10-09 rank 620 of 796; 2026-10-10 rank 617 of 796; 2026-10-11 rank 334 of 797; 2026-10-12 rank 381 of 795; 2026-10-13 rank 413 of 787; 2026-10-14 rank 405 of 792; 2026-10-15 rank 336 of 794; 2026-10-16 rank 349 of 806.ITS RANK IN SOUTH DAKOTA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%303
90 to 99%160
80 to 89%88
70 to 79%166
60 to 69%3
50 to 59%43
40 to 49%37
30 to 39%1
20 to 29%4
10 to 19%0
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202634980697.2%
Oct 15, 202633679497.2%
Oct 14, 202640579296.1%
Oct 13, 202641378796.1%
Oct 12, 202638179595.6%
Oct 11, 202633479797.2%
Oct 10, 202661779677.6%
Oct 9, 202662079677.6%
Oct 8, 202629281397.8%
Oct 7, 202637183495.6%
Oct 6, 202634683296.7%
Oct 5, 202635082696.1%
Oct 4, 202633479297.2%
Oct 3, 202631076997.7%
Oct 2, 202631376997.7%
Oct 1, 202632159098.0%
Sep 30, 202633359197.6%
Sep 29, 202634958596.1%
Sep 28, 202635456397.4%
Sep 27, 202621442898.0%
Sep 26, 202642342565.7%

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