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Dataset
- Database Code
- MS004
- Title
- Precipitation measurements from historic and current standard, storage and recording rain gauges at the Andrews Experimental Forest, 1951 to present
- Abstract
- Andrews Forest precipitation has been measured continuously using various rain gage types since 1951. Most of these rain gages are standard (non-recording) gages with 7.5 or 8 inch orifices or large capacity storage gages intended for sites with limited access collected irregularly over longer intervals. Recording rain gages have also been established to collect higher temporal resolutions (e.g., 5 minute or 15 minute) and also used as a means of parsing (“prorating”) these periodic interval measurements from these standard and storage gages into daily totals. This data set includes an inventory of all rain gages that have operated within the Andrews as well as one site in the nearby Wildcat RNA and one in the town of Blue River. The inventory includes information regarding the date range of operation, gage location, type of gage, the rain network within which it was established, general availability of data and descriptive notes. A second table includes all of the raw measurement data for these non-recording gages over every interval where data were taken, and additionally includes the corresponding recording gage and its measurement total used to prorate data into a daily record. A third table includes the prorated daily data for all of these standard and storage gages as well as the true daily totals for two recording rain gages. A fourth table includes high temporal resolution for one early recording gage at Forks and the Mack Creek recording gage. Note that while precipitation data associated with the 6 benchmark stations are included in this rain gage inventory (Entity 1), the daily and high temporal resolution data for these sites were available through a separate meteorological data set, database code MS001, until 2025. In 2025, the benchmark station data was migrated here and will be combined with the Forks and Mack Creek data.
- Keywords
- meteorology; climatology; precipitation; long term monitoring; Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER); long term studies
- Date begin
- 1951-11-21
- Date end
- 2019-02-09
- Principal Investigator
- Christopher Daly
Entities
- Rain gauge inventory
- Periodic precipitation from standard and storage rain and snow gauges
- Daily precipitation from recording rain gauges at benchmark sites
- Daily precipitation from standard and storage rain gauges
- Fine temporal precipitation for Mack Creek (1984 to present) and the historic Forks recording gage (1951 to 1959)
- Fine temporal precipitation from recording rain gauges at benchmark sites
1. Rain gauge inventory - Attribute list
| Attribute | Type | Domain | Minimum | Maximum | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBCODE | varchar | enum | |||
| ENTITY | numeric(1.000000) | range | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | number |
| SITECODE | varchar | enum | |||
| SITENAME | varchar | freetext | |||
| LATITUDE | numeric(0.000010) | range | 44.1568 | 44.3440 | degrees latitude or longitude |
| LONGITUDE | numeric(0.000010) | range | -122.3442 | -122.1062 | degrees latitude or longitude |
| GAGE_TYPE | varchar | enum | |||
| RAIN_NETWORK | varchar | enum | |||
| PROBE_CODE | varchar | enum | |||
| INSTRUM_CODE | varchar | enum | |||
| DATE_BEGIN | datetime | freetext | |||
| DATE_END | datetime | freetext | |||
| ONGOING | varchar | enum | |||
| DB_XREF | varchar | enum | |||
| AVAILABILITY | varchar | freetext | |||
| DESCRIPTION | varchar | freetext |
2. Periodic precipitation from standard and storage rain and snow gauges - Attribute list
| Attribute | Type | Domain | Minimum | Maximum | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBCODE | varchar | enum | |||
| ENTITY | numeric(1.000000) | range | 2.0000 | 2.0000 | number |
| SITECODE | varchar | enum | |||
| PROBE_CODE | varchar | enum | |||
| DATETIME_BEGIN | datetime | freetext | |||
| DATETIME_END | datetime | freetext | |||
| PERIOD_LENGTH | numeric(1.000000) | range | 0.0000 | 578.0000 | number of days |
| PRECIP_TOT_PERIOD | numeric(0.250000) | range | 0.0000 | 3474.0000 | millimeters |
| PRECIP_TOT_FLAG | varchar | enum | |||
| PROBE_CODE_REC | varchar | enum | |||
| PRECIP_REC_PERIOD | numeric(0.251000) | range | 0.0000 | 3535.0000 | millimeters |
| PRECIP_REC_FLAG | varchar | enum | |||
| COMMENT | varchar | freetext |
3. Daily precipitation from recording rain gauges at benchmark sites - Attribute list
| Attribute | Type | Domain | Minimum | Maximum | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBCODE | varchar | enum | |||
| ENTITY | numeric(1.000000) | range | 3.0000 | 3.0000 | number |
| SITECODE | varchar | enum | |||
| PRECIP_METHOD | varchar | enum | |||
| HEIGHT | numeric(1) | range | 100.0000 | 627.0000 | centimeters |
| QC_LEVEL | varchar | enum | |||
| PROBE_CODE | varchar | enum | |||
| DATE | datetime | freetext | |||
| PRECIP_TOT_DAY | numeric(0.300000) | range | 0.0000 | 422.0000 | millimeters |
| PRECIP_TOT_FLAG | varchar | enum | |||
| EVENT_CODE | varchar | enum |
4. Daily precipitation from standard and storage rain gauges - Attribute list
| Attribute | Type | Domain | Minimum | Maximum | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBCODE | varchar | enum | |||
| ENTITY | numeric(1.000000) | range | 3.0000 | 3.0000 | number |
| SITECODE | varchar | enum | |||
| PRECIP_METHOD | varchar | enum | |||
| HEIGHT | numeric(1) | range | 95.0000 | 870.0000 | centimeters |
| QC_LEVEL | varchar | enum | |||
| PROBE_CODE | varchar | enum | |||
| DATE | datetime | freetext | |||
| PRECIP_TOT_DAY | numeric(0.300000) | range | 0.0000 | 218.7000 | millimeters |
| PRECIP_TOT_FLAG | varchar | enum | |||
| PROBE_CODE_REC | varchar | enum | |||
| EVENT_CODE | varchar | enum |
5. Fine temporal precipitation for Mack Creek (1984 to present) and the historic Forks recording gage (1951 to 1959) - Attribute list
| Attribute | Type | Domain | Minimum | Maximum | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBCODE | varchar | enum | |||
| ENTITY | numeric(1.000000) | range | 4.0000 | 4.0000 | number |
| SITECODE | varchar | enum | |||
| PRECIP_METHOD | varchar | enum | |||
| HEIGHT | numeric(1) | range | 810.0000 | 870.0000 | centimeters |
| QC_LEVEL | varchar | enum | |||
| PROBE_CODE | varchar | enum | |||
| DATE_TIME | datetime | freetext | |||
| PRECIP_TOT | numeric(0.030000) | range | 0.0000 | 101.3500 | millimeters |
| PRECIP_TOT_FLAG | varchar | enum | |||
| EVENT_CODE | varchar | enum |
6. Fine temporal precipitation from recording rain gauges at benchmark sites - Attribute list
| Attribute | Type | Domain | Minimum | Maximum | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBCODE | varchar | enum | |||
| ENTITY | numeric(1.000000) | range | 13.0000 | 13.0000 | number |
| SITECODE | varchar | enum | |||
| PRECIP_METHOD | varchar | enum | |||
| HEIGHT | numeric(1) | range | 100.0000 | 627.0000 | centimeters |
| QC_LEVEL | varchar | enum | |||
| PROBE_CODE | varchar | enum | |||
| DATE_TIME | datetime | freetext | |||
| PRECIP_TOT | numeric(0.030000) | range | 0.0000 | 418.5000 | millimeters |
| PRECIP_TOT_FLAG | varchar | enum | |||
| EVENT_CODE | varchar | enum |
Attribute definitions
- AVAILABILITY
- Indicates whether data is available and whether daily or finer temporal resolution
- COMMENT
- General comment on the collection of precipitation for this period
- DATE
- Date of measurement
- DATETIME_BEGIN
- Date and time in Pacific Standard Time (PST) of start of gauge operation
- DATETIME_END
- Date and time in Pacific Standard Time (PST) of end of gauge operation
- DATE_BEGIN
- Beginning date of rain gage operation
- DATE_END
- Ending date of rain gage operation
- DATE_TIME
- Date and time in Pacific Standard Time (PST) of sensor reading
- DBCODE
- FSDB database code
- DB_XREF
- Indicator of which FSDB database or other location where data can be found
- DESCRIPTION
- General description of the rain gage
- ENTITY
- Entity number
- EVENT_CODE
- Any event, disruption in protocol, or unusual conditions that occur at the given date or time and may have an effect on the data values; contact information manager for access to specific details from the field 'Notes' database
- GAGE_TYPE
- Indication of recording rain gage versus the non-recording standard or storage gage types
- HEIGHT
- Height of sensor from ground surface
- INSTRUM_CODE
- Type of instrument or rain gage used
- LATITUDE
- Precise location based on decimal degrees north of the equator
- LONGITUDE
- Precise location based on decimal degrees west of the Prime Meridian (Greenwich)
- ONGOING
- Indicator of whether rain gage collection is still ongoing
- PERIOD_LENGTH
- Length of measurement period
- PRECIP_METHOD
- An indication of the the general methodology and instrumentation used to collect this precipitation data
- PRECIP_REC_FLAG
- Total recording gauge precipitation flag
- PRECIP_REC_PERIOD
- Total precipitation of the recording rain gauge over the exact collection period as the standard or storage gauge measurement
- PRECIP_TOT
- Total precipitation over the last interval (e.g., 5 or 15 minutes)
- PRECIP_TOT_DAY
- Total precipitation for the day
- PRECIP_TOT_FLAG
- Total precipitation flag
- PRECIP_TOT_PERIOD
- Total precipitation over the measurement period for the standard or storage rain gauge
- PROBE_CODE
- Probe number code indicates the measurement type, site, and sensor number (e.g., PPTCS201)
- PROBE_CODE_REC
- Probe number code of the recording rain gauge used to prorate the periodic precipitation total
- QC_LEVEL
- Quality control flag indicates level of quality checking performed including an indication of "provisional" data.
- RAIN_NETWORK
- Rain network indicates the general era in which gages were installed and operated
- SITECODE
- Site code for the precipitation measurement station
- SITENAME
- Site name for the precipitation measurement station
Enumerated domains
Enumerated domain for attribute: DBCODE
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| MS004 | FSDB Database code |
Enumerated domain for attribute: SITECODE
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| GSMACK | Andrews Mack Creek Gaging Station |
| CENMET | Central Meteorological Station |
| PRIMET | Primary Meteorological Station |
| UPLMET | Upper Lookout Meteorological Station |
| VANMET | Vanilla Leaf Meteorological Station |
| CS2MET | Climatic Station at Watershed 2 |
| H15MET | High 15 Meteorological Station |
| BLUERD | Blue Ridge Standard RG |
| CARPMT | Carpenter Mountain Storage RG |
| EARTHF | Earthflow Standard RG |
| FRISEL | Frissell Ridge Storage RG |
| H15PND | Hi-15 Pond Standard RG |
| L523RG | Hi-15 Unit L523 Storage RG |
| MACKWE | Mack West Standard RG |
| MCRAEB | McRae Bridge Standard RG |
| MIDWAY | Midway Standard RG |
| MIRKWD | Mirkwood Standard RG |
| RDSEND | Roads End Storage RG |
| ROSSRG | Ross' House in Blue River Standard RG |
| RS03RG | Reference Stand #3 Standard RG |
| RS05RG | Reference Stand #5 Standard RG |
| RS18RG | Reference Stand #18 Standard RG |
| SLTRWD | Shelterwood Standard RG |
| TRAILS | Trails End Standard RG |
| RS13RG | Reference Stand #13 Open Storage RG |
| GSWS09 | WS#9 Gaging Station Standard RG |
| WS09RG | Top of WS#9 Storage RG |
| GSWS10 | WS#10 Gaging Station Standard RG |
| WS10RG | Top of WS#10 Storage RG |
| RD1507 | 1507 Road Storage RG |
| FORKS_ | Forks Standard RG |
| UNIT1F | Unit 1F Recording RG |
| WS1SDL | WS#1 Saddle Standard RG |
| GSWS01 | WS#1 Gaging Station Standard RG |
| SPOTFI | Spotfire Unit Storage RG |
| H15RDG | Hi-15 Ridge Standard RG |
| WS3JRD | WS#3 J Road Standard RG |
| WS3GRD | WS#3 G Road Standard RG |
| H15RCK | Hi-15 Rockpile Standard RG |
| WS3MRD | WS#3 M Road Standard RG |
| UNIT3B | Unit 3B Standard RG |
| UNIT3H | Unit 3H Standard RG |
| VARMET | Vanilla Leaf Meadow Meteorological Station |
Enumerated domain for attribute: GAGE_TYPE
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Recording rain gage with an electronic record collected with a data logger or digitized from charts |
| 2 | Standard (non-recording) rain gage measured routinely over set interval |
| 3 | Storage rain gage measured over long, irregular intervals due to remote access constraints |
Enumerated domain for attribute: RAIN_NETWORK
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rain gage is part of a network of gages established in the 1950s and 1960s to characterize Andrews precipitation, particularly WS 1, 2, 3 and lower elevations. Most gages were terminated around 1973 |
| 2 | Rain gage is part of a network of gages established in the 1970s and 1980s to investigate precipitation patterns across the Andrews Forest |
| 3 | Rain gage is part of a network of gages established in conjunction with new benchmark meteorological stations in the Andrews Forest |
Enumerated domain for attribute: PROBE_CODE
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| PPT50701 | Precipitation at 1507 Road, probe no.01, Sacramento storage gauge |
| PPT52301 | Precipitation at Unit L523, probe no.01, locally-designed rain gauge |
| PPTBLU01 | Precipitation at Blue Ridge, probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTCAR01 | Precipitation at Carpenter Mountain, probe no. 01, storage gauge |
| PPTCEN03 | Precipitation at Central Met station (CENMET), probe no. 03, standard rain gauge |
| PPTCS201 | Precipitation at Climatic Met Station at WS#2 (CS2MET), probe no. 01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTEAR01 | Precipitation at Earthflow, probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTFRK01 | Precipitation at Forks, probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTFRK02 | Precipitation at Forks, probe no.02, Stevens Q-12 recording rain gauge |
| PPTFRS01 | Precipitation at Frisell Ridge , probe no.01, Sacramento storage gauge |
| PPTGRD01 | Precipitation at Watershed 3 (G-Road), probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTGS001 | Precipitation at Watershed 10 Gauging Station, probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTGS101 | Precipitation at Watershed 1 Gauging Station, probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTGS901 | Precipitation at Watershed 9 Gauging Station, probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTGSM01 | Precipitation at Mack Creek Gauging Station (GSMACK), probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTGSM02 | Precipitation at Mack Creek Gauging Station (GSMACK), probe no. 02, shelter-top recording rain gauge |
| PPTH1501 | Precipitation at Hi15 Met Station (H15Met), probe no. 01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTJRD01 | Precipitation at Top of Watershed 3 (J-Road #14), probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTJRD02 | Precipitation at Top of Watershed 3 (J-Road), probe no.02, Sacramento storage gauge |
| PPTMCR01 | Precipitation at McRae Bridge, probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTMID01 | Precipitation at Midway , probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTMRD01 | Precipitation at Watershed 3 (M-Road), probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTMRK01 | Precipitation at Mirkwood , probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTMWE01 | Precipitation at Mack West, probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTO1301 | Precipitation at Wildcat Mountain, probe no.01, Sacramento storage gauge |
| PPTPND01 | Precipitation at Hi-15 Pond, probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTR0301 | Precipitation at Reference Stand 3, probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTR0501 | Precipitation at Reference Stand 5, probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTR1801 | Precipitation at Reference Stand 18, probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTRCK01 | Precipitation at Hi-15 Rockpile on Watershed 6, probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTRDG01 | Precipitation at Top of Watershed 8 (Hi-15 Ridge), probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTRDG02 | Precipitation at Top of Watershed 8 (Hi-15 Ridge), probe no.02, Sacramento storage gauge |
| PPTRDS01 | Precipitation at Roads End, probe no.01, Sacramento storage gauge |
| PPTROS01 | Precipitation at Ross' house in Blue River, probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTSDL01 | Precipitation at Watershed 1 Saddle, probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTSDL02 | Precipitation at Watershed 1 Saddle, probe no.02, Stevens Q-12 recording rain gauge |
| PPTSPT01 | Precipitation at Spot Fire Unit, probe no.01, storage gauge |
| PPTSPT02 | Precipitation at Spot Fire Unit, probe no.02, standard rain gauge |
| PPTSWD01 | Precipitation at Shelterwood, probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTTRL01 | Precipitation at Trails End , probe no.01, PVC standard rain gauge |
| PPTU1F01 | Precipitation at Unit 1F, probe no.01, Stevens Q-12 recording rain gauge |
| PPTU3B01 | Precipitation at Unit 3B, probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTU3H01 | Precipitation at Unit 3H, probe no.01, standard rain gauge |
| PPTUPL03 | Precipitation at Upper Lookout Met Station (UPLMET), probe no.03, standard rain gauge |
| PPTVAN03 | Precipitation at Vanilla Leaf Met Station (VANMET), probe no.03, standard rain gauge |
| PPTVAN05 | Precipitation at Vanilla Leaf Road, probe no.05, standard rain gauge |
| PPTVAR04 | Precipitation at Vanilla Leaf Meadow, probe no.04 (VARMET), standard rain gauge |
| PPTWS001 | Precipitation at Top of Watershed 10, probe no.01, Sacramento storage gauge |
| PPTWS901 | Precipitation at Top of Watershed 9, probe no.01, Sacramento storage gauge |
| PPTCEN01 | Precipitation at Central Met Station (CENMET), probe no. 01, stand-alone recording rain gauge |
| PPTUPL01 | Precipitation at Upper Lookout Met Station (UPLMET), probe no.01, stand-alone recording rain gauge |
| PPTVAN01 | Precipitation at Vanilla Leaf Met Station (VANMET), probe no.01, shelter-top recording rain gauge |
| PPTCS203 | Precipitation at Climatic Met Station at WS#2 (CS2MET), probe no. 03, recording rain gauge |
| PPTH1502 | Precipitation at Hi15 Met Station (H15Met), probe no.02, shelter-top recording rain gauge |
| PPTCEN02 | Precipitation at Central Met Station (CENMET), probe no. 02, shelter-top recording rain gauge |
| PPTVAR02 | Precipitation at Vanilla Leaf Meadow Met Station (VARMET), probe no.02, stand-alone recording rain gauge |
| PPTUPL02 | Precipitation at Upper Lookout Met Station (UPLMET), probe no.02, shelter-top recording rain gauge |
| PPTPRI01 | Precipitation at Primary Met Station (PRIMET), probe no.01, Texas Electronics tipping bucket rain gauge |
| PPTPRI02 | Precipitation at Primary Met Station (PRIMET), probe no.02, stand-alone model; inconsistencies prevent sharing data |
| PPTPRI03 | Precipitation at Primary Met Station (PRIMET), probe no.03, NADP instrumentation |
| PPTH1503 | Precipitation at Hi-15 Met Station (H15Met), probe no.03, Stevens Q-12 recording rain gauge |
| PPTH1504 | Precipitation at Hi-15 Met Station (H15Met), probe no.04, Weather Metrics recording tipping bucket rain gauge |
| PPTH1505 | Precipitation at Hi-15 Met Station (H15Met), probe no.05, Leupold and Stevens A-71 level chart recorder |
| PPTCS202 | Precipitation at Climatic Met Station at WS#2 (CS2MET), probe no. 02, Noah IV recording rain gauge |
Enumerated domain for attribute: INSTRUM_CODE
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| PPT_SAR1 | Stand-alone rain gauge composed of standing pipe w/tank gage, a propane-heated 20-inch dia. orifice, surrounded by a Valdai-style double wind fence. A temperature probe controls orifice heating by turning on/off a pump and heater. |
| PPT_SHELT1 | Shelter-top design requires a shelter for the storage well and tank gage with the orifice mounted on the roof of the shelter with alter wind shield. The orifice is heated by directing the heat from a propane heater to the orifice via duct pipe. |
| STD_UNIV1 | Standard non-recording Belfort precipitation gage Cat No. 5-400, accuracy of .01" of recipitation is prorated using a Belfort Universal recording gauge |
| PPT_NOAHIV | ETI Noah IV all-weather weighing precipitation recording gage |
| STD_A35 | Standard non-recording Belfort precipitation gage Cat No. 5-400, accuracy of .01" of precipitation is prorated using a heated 8-inch shelter-top orifice with alter wind shield and recorded with a Stevens Type A-35 water level recorder chart |
| STD_Q12 | Standard non-recording Belfort precipitation gage Cat No. 5-400, accuracy of .01" of precipitation is prorated using Leupold-Stevens Q-12 rain and snow recording chart gage |
| STD_TB2 | Standard non-recording Belfort precipitation gage Cat No. 5-400, accuracy of .01" of precipitation is prorated using a propane-heated 8-inch Weather Measure tipping bucket Model 6041 punch tape rain and snow gauge with 0.5% accuracy |
| STD_PRTR2 | Standard non-recording Belfort precipitation gage Cat No. 5-400, accuracy of .01" of precipitation is prorated using a heated 8-inch shelter-top collector with alter wind shield with pressure transducer water level recorder |
| PPT_PRTR2 | Shelter-top heated 8-inch rain gage with alter wind shield with pressure transducer water level recorder |
| PPT_TB1 | Texas Electronics tipping bucket 8" rain gage located on 1 meter high platform |
| PPT_PRTR1 | Shelter-top heated rain gage with 12-inch orifice, pressure transducer water level recorder, and alter wind shield. Gage orifice is slanted where the slant is equal to the site's slope. |
| PPT_SAR2 | Stand-alone rain gage composed of standing pipe w/tank gage, a propane-heated 20-inch dia. orifice, natural small clearing substitutes for wind fence. A temperature probe controls orifice heating by turning on/off a pump and heater (See PPT_SAR1) |
| PPT_UNIV1 | Belfort Universal recording rain and snow gauge, 8" orifice diameter, Cat No. 5-780 Series, 12" capacity. Accuracy of 0.3%. |
| PPT_STD1 | Standard non-recording Belfort precipitation gage with 8-inch orifice diameter, Cat No. 5-400, accuracy of .01" of precipitation |
| PPT_PVC | Standard non-recording locally-designed PVC precipitation gage, average diameter 7 7/8", made from 2' sections of schedule 26 PVC pipe, wall thickness of 5/16", 30 inch capacity; top edge beveled to prevent rain from splashing in with bottom capped |
| PPT_SAC | Sacramento Storage Gage has 8" diameter with approximately 200 inches storage capacity and is mounted on platforms. Water depth is measured with tapes and calibrated to inches through individual rating tables for each gage. |
| PPT_A35 | Shelter-top 8" diameter gage is heated with a propane heater by venting from shelter. Continuous precipitation is recorded with depth measurements using a Stevens A-35 chart recorder. (See PPT_SHELT1) |
| PPT_PAT | Shelter-top 8" diameter gage is heated with a propane heater by venting from shelter. Continuous precipitation is recorded with depth measurements using a Stevens PAT water level shaft encoder. (See PPT_SHELT1) |
| PPT_SHELT2 | Shelter-top 8" diameter gage is heated with a propane heater by venting from shelter. Continuous precipitation is recorded with depth measurements using a Stevens A-35 chart recorder or a Stevens PAT water level shaft encoder. (See PPT_SHELT1) |
| PPT_Q12 | Leupold-Stevens Q-12 8" diameter snow-rain recording chart gage |
| PPT_STD2 | Standard non-recording precipitation gage with 7.75 -inch orifice diameter, accuracy of .01" of precipitation, manufacturer unknown |
| PPT_STD3 | Standard non-recording precipitation gage with 7.50 -inch orifice diameter, accuracy of .01" of precipitation, manufacturer unknown |
| PPT_UNIV | Belfort Universal recording chart raingage, Cat No. 5-780 Series. 8" diameter, 12" capacity. Accuracy of 1/3 of 1%. |
| PPT_TB2 | Propane-heated 8-inch Qualimetrics Weather Measure tipping bucket (Weathertronics Model 6041) punch tape rain and snow gauge with 0.5% accuracy |
| PPT_STO | Locally-designed or unknown storage gage has 8" diameter with winter-long capacity mounted on platform. |
| PPT_NADP | NADP rain gage: Universal raingage established in 1980. Replaced with Noah IV gage ~2014 |
| PPT_SHELT3 | Shelter-top 13.1" diameter gage is heated with a propane heater by venting from shelter. Continuous precipitation is recorded with depth measurements using a Stevens PAT water level shaft encoder. (See PPT_SHELT1) |
Enumerated domain for attribute: ONGOING
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| Yes | Rain gage is still operational |
| No | Rain gage is no longer operational |
Enumerated domain for attribute: DB_XREF
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| MS001 | Data for this rain gage moved from FSDB database code MS001 in 2025 |
| MS004 | Data for this rain gage is found here under FSDB database code MS004 |
| NADP | Data for this rain gage is found on the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) wepage as site OR10 |
| NONE | No data is available for this rain gage due to quality issues |
Enumerated domain for attribute: PRECIP_TOT_FLAG
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| * | Snowbridging or snow capping of gauge |
| A | Accepted value |
| E | Estimated value |
| M | Missing value |
| Q | Questionable value |
| T | Trace of precipitation |
| U | Undercatch of precipitation |
| C | Cumulative estimate of total precipitation since last recorded precipitation value |
| P | Fire effects are visible in the data |
Enumerated domain for attribute: PROBE_CODE_REC
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| PPTCEN02 | Precipitation at Central Met Station (CENMET), probe no. 02, shelter-top recording rain gauge |
| PPTCS203 | Precipitation at Climatic Met Station at WS#2 (CS2MET), probe no. 03, recording rain gauge chart |
| PPTFRK02 | Precipitation at Forks, probe no. 02, recording rain gauge chart |
| PPTGSM02 | Precipitation at Mack Creek Gauging Station (GSMACK), probe no. 02, shelter-top recording rain gauge |
| PPTH1502 | Precipitation at Hi-15 Met Station (H15Met), probe no. 02, shelter-top recording rain gauge |
| PPTH1503 | Precipitation at Hi-15 Met Station (H15Met), probe no. 03, Stevens Q-12 recording rain gauge chart |
| PPTH1504 | Precipitation at Hi-15 Met Station (H15Met), probe no. 04, WeatherMetrics tipping bucket recording rain gauge punch tape |
| PPTH1505 | Precipitation at Hi-15 Met Station (H15Met), probe no. 05, A-35 recording rain gauge chart |
| PPTU1F01 | Precipitation at Unit 1F, probe no. 01, recording rain gauge chart |
| PPTUPL01 | Precipitation at Upper Lookout Met Station (UPLMET), probe no. 01, stand-alone recording rain gauge |
| PPTPRI01 | Precipitation at Primary Met Station (PRIMET), probe no. 1, tipping bucket recording rain gauge |
| PPTPRI03 | Precipitation at Primary Met Station (PRIMET), probe no. 3, NADP Universal recording rain gauge |
Enumerated domain for attribute: PRECIP_REC_FLAG
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| * | Snowbridging or snow capping of gauge |
| A | Accepted value |
| E | Estimated value |
| M | Missing value |
| Q | Questionable value |
| U | Undercatch due to leakage or evaporation |
Enumerated domain for attribute: PRECIP_METHOD
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| PPT115 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a stand-alone rain gage composed of standing pipe w/tank gage, a propane-heated 20-inch dia. orifice at 455 cm height and surrounded by a Valdai-style double wind fence; Campbell Scientific datalogger |
| PPT101 | Daily precipitation represents the total from an 8-inch Standard Rain Gauge prorated on a daily basis from a Universal Recording rain and snow gage with chart recorder at height 260 cm |
| PPT118 | Daily precipitation represents the total from an ETI Instruments Noah IV weighing-type precipitation gauge with 8-inch orifice at height 250 cm |
| PPT102 | Daily precipitation represents the total from an 8-inch Standard Rain Gauge prorated on a daily basis from a Leupold-Stevens Q-12 snow-rain gage and chart recorder at height 550 cm |
| PPT103 | Daily precipitation represents the total from an 8-inch Standard Rain Gauge prorated on a daily basis from a propand-heated Qualimetrics (Weather Measure) Weathertronics Model 6041 tipping bucket 8-inch gage with punch tape recorder at height 550 cm |
| PPT104 | Daily precipitation represents the total from an 8-inch Standard Rain Gauge prorated on a daily basis from a heated 8-inch shelter-top orifice with alter wind shield at height 550 cm with a Stevens Type A-35 water level recorder; 15 min output |
| PPT119 | Daily precipitation represents the total from an 8-inch Standard Rain Gauge prorated on a daily basis from a heated 8-inch shelter-top orifice with alter wind shield at height 550 cm with a Stevens Type A-35 water level recorder; daily only |
| PPT105 | Daily precipitation represents the total from an 8-inch Standard Rain Gauge prorated on a daily basis from a heated 8-inch shelter-top orifice with alter wind shield at height 410 cm with a Stevens Type A-35 water level recorder; 15 min output |
| PPT106 | Daily precipitation represents the total from an 8-inch Standard Rain Gauge prorated on a daily basis from a heated 8-inch shelter-top orifice with alter wind shield at height 410 cm with pressure transducer water level recorder and CS datalogger |
| PPT113 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a heated 8-inch shelter-top collector with alter wind shield at height 410 cm with pressure transducer water level recorder and Campbell Scientific datalogger |
| PPT107 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Texas Electronics TE525 tipping bucket 6" raingage located on 1 meter high platform with a Campbell Scientific data logger (or Interface Instrument datalogger before 1988) |
| PPT108 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Texas Electronics TE525 tipping bucket 6" raingage located on 1 meter high platform with a Campbell Scientific data logger |
| PPT114 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a stand-alone rain gage composed of standing pipe w/tank gage, a propane-heated 20-inch dia. orifice at 455 cm height and surrounded by a Valdai-style double wind fence; Campbell datalogger; daily output only |
| PPT116 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a shelter-top heated rain gage with 13.3-inch orifice, tank gage, and alter wind shield at 625 cm; Campbell Scientific data logger |
| PPT109 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a shelter-top heated rain gage with 12-inch orifice, pressure transducer water level recorder, and alter wind shield at 450 cm; Campbell Scientific data logger; daily output only |
| PPT110 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a shelter-top heated rain gage with 12-inch orifice, pressure transducer water level recorder, and alter wind shield at 450 cm; Campbell Scientific data logger; hourly output |
| PPT111 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a shelter-top heated rain gage with 12-inch orifice, pressure transducer water level recorder, and alter wind shield at 450 cm; Campbell Scientific data logger; 5 minute output |
| PPT112 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a shelter-top heated rain gage with 12-inch orifice, pressure transducer water level recorder, and alter wind shield at 305 cm; Campbell Scientific data logger; 5 minute output |
| PPT117 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a stand-alone rain gage composed of standing pipe w/tank gage, a propane-heated 20-inch dia. orifice at 455 cm height in a clearing and surrounded by a natural tree wind break; Campbell Scientific datalogger |
| PPT015 | Total precipitation is sampled every 5 minutes from a stand-alone rain gage composed of standing pipe w/tank gage, a propane-heated 20-inch dia. orifice at 455 cm height and surrounded by a Valdai-style double wind fence; Campbell Scientific datalogger |
| PPT001 | Total precipitation is digitized with 15 minute resolution from a Universal Recording rain and snow gauge with chart recorder at height 260 cm and prorated to the weekly total from an 8-inch Standard Rain Gauge |
| PPT018 | Total precipitation is sampled every 15 minutes from an ETI Instruments Noah IV weighing-type precipitation gauge with 8-inch orifice at height 250 cm |
| PPT004 | Total precipitation is digitized with 15 minute resolution from a heated 8-inch shelter-top orifice with alter wind shield at height 550 cm with a Stevens Type A-35 water level recorder chart; prorated to periodic totals from an 8-inch Standard Rain Gage |
| PPT005 | Total precipitation is digitized with 15 minute resolution from a heated 8-inch shelter-top orifice with alter wind shield at height 410 cm with a Stevens Type A-35 water level recorder chart; prorated to periodic totals from an 8-inch Standard Rain Gage |
| PPT013 | Total precipitation is sampled every 5 minutes from a heated 8-inch shelter-top collector with alter wind shield at height 410 cm with pressure transducer water level recorder and Campbell Scientific datalogger |
| PPT007 | Total precipitation is sampled hourly from a Texas Electronics TE525 tipping bucket 6" raingage located on 1 meter high platform with a Campbell Scientific data logger (or Interface Instrument datalogger before 1988) |
| PPT008 | Total precipitation is sampled every 5 minutes from a Texas Electronics TE525 tipping bucket 6" raingage located on 1 meter high platform with a Campbell Scientific data logger |
| PPT016 | Total precipitation is sampled every 5 minutes from a shelter-top heated rain gage with 13.3-inch orifice, tank gage, and alter wind shield at 625 cm; Campbell Scientific data logger |
| PPT010 | Total precipitation is sampled hourly from a shelter-top heated rain gage with 12-inch orifice, pressure transducer water level recorder, and alter wind shield at 450 cm; Campbell Scientific data logger |
| PPT011 | Total precipitation is sampled every 5 minutes from a shelter-top heated rain gage with 12-inch orifice, pressure transducer water level recorder, and alter wind shield at 450 cm; Campbell Scientific data logger |
| PPT012 | Total precipitation is sampled every 5 minutes from a shelter-top heated rain gage with 12-inch orifice, pressure transducer water level recorder, and alter wind shield at 305 cm; Campbell Scientific data logger |
| PPT017 | Total precipitation is sampled every 5 minutes from a stand-alone rain gage composed of standing pipe w/tank gage, a propane-heated 20-inch dia. orifice at 455 cm height in a clearing and surrounded by a natural tree wind break; Campbell datalogger |
| PPT401 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Leupold-Stevens Q-12 8" snow-rain recording chart gage |
| PPT402 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Sacramento 8" storage gage at 285 cm height prorated using a Belfort Universal recording gage |
| PPT403 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Sacramento 8" storage gage at 330 cm height prorated using a Belfort Universal recording gage |
| PPT404 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Sacramento 8" storage gage at 435 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with A-35 chart recorder |
| PPT405 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Sacramento 8" storage gage at 435 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with a Stevens PAT water level shaft encoder |
| PPT406 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Sacramento 8" storage gage at 450 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with A-35 chart recorder |
| PPT407 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Sacramento 8" storage gage at 450 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with a Stevens PAT water level shaft encoder |
| PPT408 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Sacramento 8" storage gage at 450 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with pressure transducer water level recorder |
| PPT409 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Sacramento 8" storage gage at 450 cm height prorated using a propane-heated Weather Measure tipping bucket punch tape recorder |
| PPT410 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Sacramento 8" storage gage at unspecified height prorated using a Belfort Universal recording gage |
| PPT411 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a heated shelter-top 8" rain gage at 810 cm height with a Stevens PAT water level shaft encoder collected at 15 minute intervals |
| PPT412 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a heated shelter-top 8" rain gage at 810 cm height with an A-35 chart recorder to measure depth |
| PPT413 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 105 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with A-35 chart recorder |
| PPT414 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 105 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with a Stevens PAT water level shaft encoder |
| PPT415 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 130 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with A-35 chart recorder |
| PPT416 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 130 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with pressure transducer water level recorder |
| PPT417 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 130 cm height prorated using a propane-heated Weather Measure tipping bucket punch tape recorder |
| PPT418 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 140 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with A-35 chart recorder |
| PPT419 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 140 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with pressure transducer water level recorder |
| PPT420 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 140 cm height prorated using a propane-heated Weather Measure tipping bucket punch tape recorder |
| PPT421 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 150 cm height prorated using a Belfort Universal recording gage |
| PPT422 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 155 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with A-35 chart recorder |
| PPT423 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 160 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with A-35 chart recorder |
| PPT424 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 160 cm height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with pressure transducer water level recorder |
| PPT425 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at 160 cm height prorated using a propane-heated Weather Measure tipping bucket punch tape recorder |
| PPT426 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at unspecified height prorated using a Belfort Universal recording gage |
| PPT427 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at unspecified height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with A-35 chart recorder |
| PPT428 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at unspecified height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with magnetostrictive tank gage |
| PPT429 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed PVC standard rain gage at unspecified height prorated using a propane-heated Weather Measure tipping bucket punch tape recorder |
| PPT430 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a standard non-recording 7.5" rain gage at unspecified height prorated using a Belfort Universal recording gage |
| PPT431 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a standard non-recording 7.5" rain gage at unspecified height prorated using a Leupold-Stevens Q-12 8" snow-rain recording chart gage |
| PPT432 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a standard non-recording 7.75" rain gage at unspecified height prorated using a Belfort Universal recording gage |
| PPT433 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a standard non-recording 8" rain gage (Belfort) at 115 cm height prorated using a Belfort Universal recording gage |
| PPT434 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a standard non-recording 8" rain gage (Belfort) at 95 cm height prorated using a Belfort Universal recording gage |
| PPT435 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a standard non-recording 8" rain gage (Belfort) at unspecified height prorated using a Belfort Universal recording gage |
| PPT436 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a standard non-recording 8" rain gage (Belfort) at unspecified height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with A-35 chart recorder |
| PPT437 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a standard non-recording 8" rain gage (Belfort) at unspecified height prorated using a propane-heated Weather Measure tipping bucket punch tape recorder |
| PPT438 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a locally-designed or unknown storage gage with winter-long capacity at unspecified height prorated using a Belfort Universal recording gage |
| PPT439 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Sacramento 8" storage gage at unspecified height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with A-35 chart recorder |
| PPT440 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a Sacramento 8" storage gage at unspecified height prorated using a heated shelter-top rain gage with pressure transducer water level recorder |
| PPT301 | Total precipitation is digitized with hourly resolution from an 8-inch diameter Leupold-Stevens Type Q-12 chart rain and snow recording gauge at an unspecified height |
| PPT311 | Total precipitation is sampled every 15 minutes from a heated shelter-top 8" rain gage at 810 cm height with a Stevens PAT water level shaft encoder; Campbell Scientific data logger |
| PPT312 | Total precipitation is recorded from a heated shelter-top 8" rain gage at 810 cm height with an A-35 chart recorder to measure depth and digitized with Summagraphics 1812 digitizer for 15 minute outpu |
| PPT313 | Total precipitation is recorded from a heated shelter-top 8" rain gage at 810 cm height with an A-35 chart recorder to measure depth and hand digitized for hourly output |
| PPT441 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a heated shelter-top 13.1" orifice rain gage at 870 cm height with a Stevens PAT water level shaft encoder collected at 15 minute intervals |
| PPT341 | Total precipitation is sampled every 15 minutes from a heated shelter-top 13.1" orifice rain gage at 870 cm height with a Stevens PAT water level shaft encoder; Campbell Scientific data logger |
| PPT342 | Total precipitation is sampled every 5 minutes from a heated shelter-top 13.1" orifice rain gage at 870 cm height with a Stevens PAT water level shaft encoder; Campbell Scientific data logger |
| PPT442 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a heated shelter-top 13.1" orifice rain gage at 870 cm height with a Stevens PAT water level shaft encoder collected at 5 minute intervals |
| PPT020 | Total precipitation is sampled every 5 minutes from a heated 8-inch shelter-top collector with alter wind shield at height 410 cm with a Stevens Instruments Position Analog Transmitter (PAT) water level shaft encoder and Campbell Scientific datalogger |
| PPT120 | Daily precipitation represents the total from a heated 8-inch shelter-top collector with alter wind shield at ht. 410 cm with Stevens Instruments Position Analog Transmitter (PAT) water level shaft encoder and Campbell Sci. datalogger (See method PPT020) |
Enumerated domain for attribute: QC_LEVEL
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 1P | Data is provisional and subject to revision - preliminary quality checks have been performed |
| 1A | Data is published and unlikely to change - automated range checking and manual review has been conducted. Quality is indicated in data value qualifier flags. |
| 1D | Data is published and unlikely to change - data is derived or aggregated from published data of level 1A |
| 2A | Data is published and unlikely to change - Level 1A data has been modified such that data gaps may be filled or problem data may be removed |
| 2D | Data is published and unlikely to change - data is derived or aggregated from published data of level 2A |
Enumerated domain for attribute: EVENT_CODE
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| LOGGER | Change in data logger, data logger program, or wiring |
| QUALTY | Event may directly affect data quality (individual activities tracked in field notes database) |
| INTPRO | Internal processing may produce an anomalous reading |
| WEATHR | A weather event has occurred that may affect reading |
| CALIBR | Associated with the inspection or replacement of sensors for calibration |
| METHOD | Change in data collection method |
| MAINTE | A maintenance event has occurred |
| NA | No event is reported (not applicable) |
| INSREM | Sensor is installed or removed |
| CLEARD | Site clearing of trees and brush around the meteorological station is being conducted |
| BURNED | Burning, including cleared trees and brush or wildfire, around the meteorological station or within the watershed (code begins at event initiation) |