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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
CCKV2
Latitude
36.64580 N
Longitude
80.91940 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 165 reports in 159 hours over the last seven days
Observed
1:00 PMEDT, 2 hours ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 98 instruments in Virginia stand at one.

Station charts

Chestnut Creek At Chestnut Creek At Galax Report

Rank 591 of 1,541 in Virginia, 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 score97.3of 100

Virginia median
95.9the median score of 1,541 stations
Scoring higher
588stations in Virginia
Sharing its score
8ranks 589 to 596
Points deducted
2.71.7 arrival, 0.6 reports received, 0.4 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Virginia median 100.0, 100.0, 96.5
Next above
VA-IW-24rank 590; ahead on reports received 100% against 98.2%
Next below
BKSV2rank 594; behind on median arrival 18 min 39 s against 18 min 48 s
Sharing its rank
2other 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 3598.234.4 of 35 pointsVirginia median 97.9165 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1082.78.3 of 10 pointsVirginia median 92.7half its reports arrived within 19 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsVirginia 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 medianVirginia median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.7 of 10 points, at the medianVirginia median 96.5-

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
22 of 2491.6% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
165 of 16898.2% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 12, 11:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 5:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
19 min9 in 10 within 21 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 1,541 ranked stations in Virginia 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, 5; 10 to 19 per cent, 17; 20 to 29 per cent, 48; 30 to 39 per cent, 6; 40 to 49 per cent, 81; 50 to 59 per cent, 182; 60 to 69 per cent, 29; 70 to 79 per cent, 130; 80 to 89 per cent, 138; 90 to 99 per cent, 543; 100 per cent, 362. Chestnut Creek At Chestnut Creek At Galax received 98.2 per cent, 165 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 591 of 1,541.WHERE IT RANKS IN VIRGINIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 98.2%, 165 OF 168, RANK 591 OF 1,541PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9510 to 191720 to 294830 to 39640 to 498150 to 5918260 to 692970 to 7913080 to 8913890 to 99543100362STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Chestnut Creek At Chestnut Creek At Galax's rank in Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 59 of 729; 2026-09-27 rank 67 of 733; 2026-09-28 rank 63 of 807; 2026-09-29 rank 64 of 818; 2026-09-30 rank 222 of 818; 2026-10-01 rank 390 of 820; 2026-10-02 rank 402 of 1,140; 2026-10-03 rank 402 of 1,140; 2026-10-04 rank 465 of 1,183; 2026-10-05 rank 462 of 1,415; 2026-10-06 rank 457 of 1,444; 2026-10-07 rank 411 of 1,526; 2026-10-08 rank 380 of 1,534; 2026-10-09 rank 347 of 1,529; 2026-10-10 rank 352 of 1,530; 2026-10-11 rank 319 of 1,520; 2026-10-12 rank 312 of 1,532; 2026-10-13 rank 385 of 1,536; 2026-10-14 rank 370 of 1,537; 2026-10-15 rank 523 of 1,532; 2026-10-16 rank 591 of 1,541.ITS RANK IN VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%362
90 to 99%543
80 to 89%138
70 to 79%130
60 to 69%29
50 to 59%182
40 to 49%81
30 to 39%6
20 to 29%48
10 to 19%17
0 to 9%5
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20265911,54198.2%
Oct 15, 20265231,53299.4%
Oct 14, 20263701,53798.8%
Oct 13, 20263851,53698.8%
Oct 12, 20263121,53299.4%
Oct 11, 20263191,52099.4%
Oct 10, 20263521,53098.8%
Oct 9, 20263471,52998.8%
Oct 8, 20263801,53498.2%
Oct 7, 20264111,52698.8%
Oct 6, 20264571,44498.8%
Oct 5, 20264621,41598.8%
Oct 4, 20264651,18398.8%
Oct 3, 20264021,14099.3%
Oct 2, 20264021,14099.3%
Oct 1, 202639082099.2%
Sep 30, 2026222818100.0%
Sep 29, 202664818100.0%
Sep 28, 202663807100.0%
Sep 27, 202667733100.0%
Sep 26, 202659729100.0%
Reports received at Chestnut Creek At Chestnut Creek At Galax, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012343 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Reports received at Chestnut Creek At Chestnut Creek At Galax, 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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