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MS004: Precipitation measurements from historic and current standard, storage and recording rain gauges at the Andrews Experimental Forest, 1951 to present

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Status: annually
Period: 1951-11-21 to 2019-02-09
Version: 5
Published: 2026-02-04
EDI Package ID: knb-lter-and.5482.5
Source XML: MS004_5.xml

Notice

"As Is" Basis: All content, including maps and forecasts, is provided without warranties. Users are advised to independently verify critical information.

Citation

Schulze, M.; Daly, C.; Rothacher, J. 2026. Precipitation measurements from historic and current standard, storage and recording rain gauges at the Andrews Experimental Forest, 1951 to present Long-Term Ecological Research Andrews Forest LTER Site. [Database]. Available: https://andrewsforest-stage.forestry.oregonstate.edu/data/fsdb-data-catalog/MS004 Accessed 2026-05-10.

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.

Coverage

Temporal coverage: 1951-11-21 to 2019-02-09

Geographic coverage: H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest (~60 sites), plus one site at Wildcat RNA and one in the town of Blue River

Spatial coverage:

Bounds: W -122.34410300, E -122.10624000, N 44.34393100, S 44.15683800

Purpose
  • Throughout the Andrews history various rain networks have been established to capture precipitation within the Andrews Forest. A network of rain gages was established in the 1950s to capture rainfall patterns at lower elevations, particularly watersheds 1, 2, and 3, with most gages terminated by 1973. Another, broader network was established in the late 1970s and measured into the 1990s to capture precipitation where gaps in the diverse topography were present. A third network was established in the 1990s as part of the establishment of benchmark meteorological stations developed to better capture meteorological patterns within the Andrews. Two storage gages along the 1507 road were included to capture this high-catch southern ridge. The diverse topography within the Andrews Forest has necessitated sampling precipitation across the Andrews at many different sites to understand precipitation patterns, over 60 sites since 1951.
Project

Title: Long-Term Ecological Research

Personnel
Abstract
  • The H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest is a living laboratory that provides unparalleled opportunities for the study of forest and stream ecosystems in the central Cascade Range of Oregon. Since 1980, as a part of the National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research (NSF-LTER) program, the Andrews Experimental Forest has become a leader in the analysis of forest and stream ecosystem dynamics.
  • Long-term field experiments and measurement programs have focused on climate dynamics, streamflow, water quality, and vegetation succession. Currently researchers are working to develop concepts and tools needed to predict effects of natural disturbance, land use, and climate change on ecosystem structure, function, and species composition.
  • The Andrews Experimental Forest is administered cooperatively by the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Oregon State University and the Willamette National Forest. Funding for the research program comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Oregon State University, and other sources.
Funding

Data were provided by the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest research program, funded by the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB 2025755), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, and Oregon State University. National Science Foundation: DEB2025755

Awards
Study Area Description
  • Long-Term Ecological Research
    The Andrews Forest is situated in the western Cascade Range of Oregon, and covers the entire 15,800-acre (6400-ha) drainage basin of Lookout Creek. Elevation ranges from 1350 to 5340 feet (410 to 1630 m). Broadly representative of the rugged mountainous landscape of the Pacific Northwest, the Andrews Forest contains excellent examples of the region's conifer forests and associated wildlife and stream ecosystems. These forests are among the tallest and most productive in the world, with tree heights of often greater than 250 ft (75 m). Streams are steep, cold and clean, providing habitat for numerous aquatic organisms.
Associated Party
  • Christopher Daly
    Role: Principal Investigator
    PRISM Group;Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering, 2000 Kelley Engineering Center;Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
    Phone: (541) 737-2531
    Email: daly@nacse.org
  • Mark D Schulze
    Role: Other Researcher
    H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest; PO Box 300, Blue River, OR, 97413
    Phone: 541-822-6336
    Email: mark.schulze@oregonstate.edu
  • Greg M Cohn
    Role: Other Researcher
    USFS Rd 15-130-132, Blue River, OR, 97413
    Phone: 541-822-6305
    Email: cohng@oregonstate.edu
  • Adam M Kennedy
    Role: Other Researcher
    OR, US
    Phone: 541-822-6302
    Email: adam.kennedy@oregonstate.edu
  • Suzanne M. Remillard
    Role: Other Researcher
    Office: FSL 354;; Forest Science Department;; Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
    Phone: (541) 758-8767
    Email: suzanne.remillard@oregonstate.edu
  • Alfred B. Levno
    Role: Former Investigator
    Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
    Email: ablevno@comcast.net, allevno@hotmail.com
  • Craig Creel
    Role: Former Investigator
    USDA Forest Service;Pacific NW Research Station;3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
    Phone: (541) 750-7326, (541) 822-6301
    Email: cdcreel@comcast.net
  • Donald L. Henshaw
    Role: Former Investigator
    Pacific Northwest Research Station; Corvallis Forestry Sciences Lab; 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331
    Email: hja_admin@lists.oregonstate.edu
  • Greg Downing
    Role: Former Investigator
    Forestry Sciences Lab;3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA
    Phone: (541) 750-7283, (541) 822-6301
    Email: gregdowning242@gmail.com, greg.downing@oregonstate.edu
  • Stephanie A Schmidt
    Role: Former Investigator
    USDA Forest Service; 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331
    Email: stephanie.schmidt@oregonstate.edu, stephanie.schmidt2@usda.gov
  • Greg M Cohn
    Role: Former Investigator
    USFS Rd 15-130-132, Blue River, OR, 97413
    Phone: 541-822-6305
    Email: cohng@oregonstate.edu
  • Mark D Schulze
    Role: Creator
    H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest; PO Box 300, Blue River, OR, 97413
    Phone: 541-822-6336
    Email: mark.schulze@oregonstate.edu
  • Christopher Daly
    Role: Creator
    PRISM Group;Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering, 2000 Kelley Engineering Center;Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
    Phone: (541) 737-2531
    Email: daly@nacse.org
  • Jack S. Rothacher
    Role: Creator
Contact
  • Information Manager
    Andrews Forest LTER Program, US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331
    Email: hjaweb@lists.oregonstate.edu
Publisher
  • Andrews Forest LTER Site
    Role: Publisher
    Forest Ecosystems and Society Department in Forestry, Oregon State University, 201K Richardson Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331-5752
    Phone: (541) 737-8480
    Email: lterweb@lists.oregonstate.edu
Study Description

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. Throughout the Andrews history various rain networks have been established to capture precipitation within the Andrews Forest. A network of rain gages was established in the 1950s to capture rainfall patterns at lower elevations, particularly watersheds 1, 2, and 3, with most gages terminated by 1973. Another, broader network was established in the late 1970s and measured into the 1990s to capture precipitation where gaps in the diverse topography were present. A third network was established in the 1990s as part of the establishment of benchmark meteorological stations developed to better capture meteorological patterns within the Andrews. Two storage gages along the 1507 road were included to capture this high-catch southern ridge. The diverse topography within the Andrews Forest has necessitated sampling precipitation across the Andrews at many different sites to understand precipitation patterns, over 60 sites since 1951. Field Methods - MS004

Purpose: Throughout the Andrews history various rain networks have been established to capture precipitation within the Andrews Forest. A network of rain gages was established in the 1950s to capture rainfall patterns at lower elevations, particularly watersheds 1, 2, and 3, with most gages terminated by 1973. Another, broader network was established in the late 1970s and measured into the 1990s to capture precipitation where gaps in the diverse topography were present. A third network was established in the 1990s as part of the establishment of benchmark meteorological stations developed to better capture meteorological patterns within the Andrews. Two storage gages along the 1507 road were included to capture this high-catch southern ridge. The diverse topography within the Andrews Forest has necessitated sampling precipitation across the Andrews at many different sites to understand precipitation patterns, over 60 sites since 1951.

Methods

Method Steps

Field Methods - MS004
  • The follow link describes data collection methods (by date range and resolution) that have been used by each unique probe. Results are filtered by database code, sitecode, parameter, and probe.
  • https://andlter.forestry.oregonstate.edu/MethodCode/View_History.aspx
  • Please follow this link to view climate data collection methods that have been used over time at select stations. Results can be filtered by parameter, climate station, and date range. A general text search is also available.
  • https://hjalter.forestry.oregonstate.edu/im_methods_history/
  • Precipitation records at the Benchmark Stations are generally evaluated every 5 minutes and data points are output to capture 5 minute resolution. In actuality, not all of the gauges are designed for accurate recording at this high temporal frequency except during periods of high intensity rain/snowfall. This is generally due to the sensitivity of the magnetostrictive tank gauge and associated tank diameter in measuring fluid level. The "stand-alone" gauges at UPLMET, VANMET and CENMET are designed for greater sensitivity to changes in tank depth and the 5 minute output is good during most precipitation events. The "shelter gauges" at those sites are not as sensitive to a change in fluid depth. The tipping bucket gauge at PRIMET reliably outputs tips on a 5 minute basis, although this record is somewhat artificial at 5 minute resolution, especially in light rain situations where the gage does not tip in every 5 minute segment and 15 minute resolution is probably more realistic. Early chart data at CS2MET and the H15MET have been digitized and are generally accurate at 15 minutes resolution.
  • The longest continuous precipitation record on the Andrews was at the Climatic Station on Watershed 2 (CS2MET): 1957-10-01 to 2013-01-31. Data was collected weekly from a standard US Weather Bureau standard 8” rain gauge and an adjacent Universal recording gauge (chart). The weekly charts were originally hand digitized on a daily basis, and adjusted to the standard gauge total. Subsequently, all charts have been electronically digitized, and data can be reliably output at a 15 minute resolution. This high resolution chart data has also been corrected to the standard gage total on a weekly basis. This Universal rain gauge was originally positioned at another location on the Andrews (at FORKS) and that record can be used to extend the daily CS2MET precipitation record back to December, 1951. A ETI Instruments NOAH IV gauge was installed in 2011 and ran concurrently with the Universal gauge and the standard gauge until 2013
  • At the Hi-15 Meteorological Station (H15MET), a standard rain gauge was maintained along with an accompanying recording rain gauge. Historically, the charts were hand digitized on a daily basis, and the daily record corrected to the standard gauge periodic total using a prorating technique. Beginning in 1992 a more reliable recording gauge was installed using a pressure transducer to measure fluid depth, and this record is available with no correction to the standard gauge. The standard gauge was discontinues in 2009.
  • At both the Upper Lookout (UPLMET) and Central (CENMET) Stations, two gauges are in operation: a stand-alone gauge with two concentric, encircling wind fences, and a second gauge atop the station shelter. The orifice of the stand alone gauge is heated by a thermistatically-controlled propane heater. This heated gauge with the shielding fences has dramatically improved our precipitation catch, particularly in heavy snow conditions, and has prevented snow bridging over the gauge orifice. The shelter gauge is located on top of our station shelter and heated through ducts from the shelter's propane heating system. This gauge has also improved catch over the more traditionally heated rain gauges, but is protected only with an alter wind shield and catches less than the stand-alone.
  • At Vanilla Leaf (VANMET) the original gauge in the clearcut was installed in 1987 but the record is discontinued in 1996. This gauge suffered from its openly exposed siting in this high elevation clearcut. Heavy snow and inadequate wind shielding were major problems. A stand-alone type gauge similar in design to those used at UPLMET and CENMET was installed in the adjacent and naturally sheltered meadow above the VANMET clearcut in 1998. This site takes advantage of the naturally-protected meadow and the wind fences are not employed here. This site is referred as VARMET (Vanilla Leaf rain gauge site) or Vara.
  • Standard-type rain gages are visited weekly or at no more than one month intervals. Storage gages have higher capacity and might be visited as few as two times per year, after and before the rainy season (spring and fall). The longest running standard gage is at the Climatic Station at WS2. Totals from this gage were used to adjust both the daily and high resolution precipitation records recorded by the Universal recording gage (1957-2013) and now the Noah IV recording gage (2013-present). Similarly, standard gages at Hi-15 (1963) and Mack Creek (1979) have run alongside recording gages since their original installation. All of the standard and storage gages were paired with the highest correlating recording gage to build daily records.
  • The 8-inch non-recording standard rain gage (SRG) is an open mouth can with straight sides with 20-inch capacity and is the National Weather System standard. While there is a collector funnel and measuring tube in the traditional gage, the outer overflow can is used as the primary means of collection to better capture frequent snow events. Originally turbine oil and now food-grade mineral oil (150 ml) is added to the SRG to prevent evaporation and RV antifreeze (.5-1 liter) is added in winter to prevent freezing. The can is weighed and compared with a tare weight to determine millimeters of precipitation. The SRGs have typically been placed in small clearings without an alter shield. The Belfort Universal recording rain and snow gauge has an 8" orifice diameter and 12-inch capacity with accuracy of 0.3%.
  • The locally crafted SRG is made from 2' sections of schedule 26 PVC pipe, wall thickness of 5/16". The bottom is capped and the top edge beveled to prevent rain from splashing in. The average inside diameter is 7 7/8". These have 30" holding capacity. Water from these gages is weighed and converted to millimeters.
  • The Sacramento Storage Gage has an 8" orifice 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. The Sacramento storage gage consists of a 15-gal oil drum and a sheet metal cone assembly. The oil drum serves as the storage can. The cone assembly has three parts. The cone and inner skirt are cut from 24-gage and the catch ring from 22-gage galvanized sheet metal. The top of the catch ring is beveled from the outside to form a cutting edge. The inner skirt prevents loss of precipitation between the cone and can. The complete gage is mounted on a tower to keep the top of the gage well above maximum snow depth.
  • The stand-alone rain gage is composed of 10-inch standing pipe w/tank gage, a propane-heated 20-inch diameter orifice and surrounded by a Valdai-style double wind fence. A temperature probe controls orifice heating by turning on/off a pump and heater. The capacity is about 28 inches.
  • The shelter-top design requires a shelter for the storage wells and other equipment 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 and turned on/off based on a controlling temperature sensor. The storage well depth is measured to determine precipitation.

Instrumentation:

  • Stand-alone rain gauges with Valdais-type concentric wind fencing are designed for use at remote Andrews locations in heavy snow conditions. The stand-alone gauges are constructed in two sections: 1) a heated orifice section 2) an unheated stand pipe section, and are designed to work with Campbell Scientific data loggers. The two concentric, encircling wind fences are used at CENMET and UPLMET (see design description http://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/data/studies/ms01/stand_alone_raingage_design.pdf). Shelter-top rain gauges are currently in use at CENMET, UPLMET, and H15MET. The shelter-top gauge sits on top of a shelter and is heated using ducted shelter heat from the shelter propane heater controlled by the datalogger and thermistor. Continuous precipitation is measured by recorded tank depth measurements (magnetostrictve tank gauges or pressure transducer) in association with Campbell Scientific data loggers. Stevens A-35 chart recorders were used at some sites as a precipitation record backup. Wind Alter shields are typically employed. The Climatic Station at WS#2 (CS2MET) employs a Belfort Universal Recording Rain Gauge, Cat No. 5-780 Series. 8" diameter, 12" capacity, and accuracy of .33%. The record was corrected to a nearby 8" US Weather Service non-recording Standard Raingauge (SRG) until 2013. An ETI Instruments Noah IV gauge was installed in 2011. The Primary Met Station employs a Texas Electronics tipping bucket gauge with 8" diameter orifice with data logger located on a 1 meter high platform with a Campbell Scientific data logger. Other instrumentation included locally-crafted 7.875-inch diameter standard rain gauges and Sacramento storage gauges
Processing Procedures - MS004
  • The prorating process builds daily data from periodic precipitation totals of the non-recording standard or storage rain gages (SRG). Once precipitation is determined through a field check of the SRG for each measurement period, totals from the paired recording rain gage are determined for the same intervals. A ratio between the standard (or storage) gage (SRG) and the recording gage is determined. The daily record from the recording gage is multiplied by its ratio to the SRG to estimate the daily precipitation for the SRG. If the total SRG precipitation total is flagged in any way (e.g., estimated, questionable, missing), this flag is applied to each day within the SRG collection interval. Should a significant portion of the recording gage record be missing for a given interval, an alternate recording gage will be used to "prorate" the SRG record into daily values. The paired recording gage used to prorate the SRG total is recorded and listed for each date.
  • The paired recording gage for each SRG was originally determined through regression analysis of corresponding precipitation totals of the SRG versus each of three recording gages. The three recording gages used were gages operational in 1994: CS2MET, H15MET and GSMACK. These three were used for the remaining five SRG (standard or storage gages), and CENMET could be used as an alternate should there be missing data for any of these. However, by 2016, all standard and storage gauges have been discontinued at the Benchmark Stations. One one storage gauge remains in operation at Road 1507.
Quality Assurance - Fire effects on data
  • The HJ Andrews Experimental Forest was affected by wildfires in 2020, 2023, and, to a lesser degree, 2024. Documentation is being developed that will describe the potential impacts on long-term records, provide the date ranges of direct impact, and describe specific site or data impacts. The use of the BURNED event_code was expanded to include wildfire, and a code was added to each relevant attribute flag to indicate when fire effects are visible in the data (P=Pyro).

Sampling

Study Extent
  • Temperature and rainfall in the Andrews Experimental Forest are are typical of a maritime climate with wet, relatively mild winters and dry, cool summers. Humidity is generally high through winter months, and maximum daily relative humidity approaches 100 percent at night throughout the year. Minimum summer humidities generally hover around 30-50 percent. Temperature extremes range from near 0 degrees F in unusually cold winters to over 100 degrees for brief periods almost every summer. The range in mean annual temperature (1972-2002) is 7.1-10.5 degrees C at a low elevation site (PRIMET). Precipitation varies with elevation - long-term annual average at low elevation (450 m) is 2200 mm, and at high elevation (1200m) is 2600 mm.
  • Sampling frequency: periodic
Sampling Description
  • Precipitation has been measured in three distinct networks of rain gages since 1951. The first network was established in lower elevation watersheds (WS 1, 2 and 3) and other low elevation sites in new clearcut harvest units (approximate years 1957-1973). Gages were standard and storage type, non-recording gages. A recording rain gage operated at the Forks site and then at the Climatic Station at WS 2 (CS2MET) during this period. A second rain network was established (~1978-1993) to better capture patterns throughout the Andrews Forest. Standard-type gages were crafted from PVC pipe. Recording gages were operational at CS2MET, Hi-15 Meteorological Station (H15MET), and Mack Creek stream gauging station. These recording gages were used to prorate the periodic standard gage totals during this period. The third rain net consists of shelter-top and stand-alone recording rain gages at 6 benchmark stations within the Andrews (1995-Present). These gages were designed with mechanisms for heating the orifice to accommodate measurement of heavy snowfall in the winter. Standard gages were employed alongside these recording gages for a brief time but were mostly incapacitated in the winter from high snowfall and discontinued. Ten recording gages and one storage gage are operational as of 2025. All standard gages have been discontinued.
Spatial Sampling Units
  • 1507 Road Storage RG
    W -122.16608300, E -122.16608300, N 44.20559900, S 44.20559900
    Altitude: 1175 to 1175 meter
  • Blue Ridge Standard RG
    W -122.23099100, E -122.23099100, N 44.23476500, S 44.23476500
    Altitude: 733 to 733 meter
  • Carpenter Mountain Storage RG
    W -122.13994200, E -122.13994200, N 44.27809000, S 44.27809000
    Altitude: 1428 to 1428 meter
  • Central Met Station Recording RG1
    W -122.14149000, E -122.14149000, N 44.24310300, S 44.24310300
    Altitude: 1019 to 1019 meter
  • Central Met Station Recording RG2
    W -122.14160900, E -122.14160900, N 44.24332700, S 44.24332700
    Altitude: 1018 to 1018 meter
  • Central Met Station Standard RG
    W -122.14160900, E -122.14160900, N 44.24332700, S 44.24332700
    Altitude: 1018 to 1018 meter
  • Climatic Station at WS#2 Recording RG
    W -122.24865000, E -122.24865000, N 44.21477300, S 44.21477300
    Altitude: 481 to 481 meter
  • Climatic Station at WS#2 Standard RG
    W -122.24865000, E -122.24865000, N 44.21477300, S 44.21477300
    Altitude: 481 to 481 meter
  • Earthflow Standard RG
    W -122.14571900, E -122.14571900, N 44.23244600, S 44.23244600
    Altitude: 817 to 817 meter
  • Forks Q-12 Recording RG
    W -122.24051900, E -122.24051900, N 44.22248700, S 44.22248700
    Altitude: 474 to 474 meter
  • Forks Standard RG
    W -122.24003522, E -122.24003500, N 44.22249000, S 44.22249000
    Altitude: 477 to 477 meter
  • Frissell Ridge Storage RG
    W -122.10624000, E -122.10624000, N 44.22716800, S 44.22716800
    Altitude: 1520 to 1520 meter
  • Hi-15 Met Station Recording RG
    W -122.17385700, E -122.17385700, N 44.26420000, S 44.26420000
    Altitude: 907 to 907 meter
  • Hi-15 Met Station Standard RG
    W -122.17378300, E -122.17378300, N 44.26425000, S 44.26425000
    Altitude: 910 to 910 meter
  • Hi-15 Pond Standard RG
    W -122.17124200, E -122.17124200, N 44.26296700, S 44.26296700
    Altitude: 914 to 914 meter
  • Hi-15 Ridge Standard RG
    W -122.17220100, E -122.17220100, N 44.27204600, S 44.27204600
    Altitude: 1114 to 1114 meter
  • Hi-15 Ridge Storage RG
    W -122.17220100, E -122.17220100, N 44.27204600, S 44.27204600
    Altitude: 1114 to 1114 meter
  • Hi-15 Rockpile Standard RG
    W -122.18370200, E -122.18370200, N 44.26378100, S 44.26378100
    Altitude: 962 to 962 meter
  • Hi-15 Unit L523 Storage RG
    W -122.18207000, E -122.18207000, N 44.26533300, S 44.26533300
    Altitude: 999 to 999 meter
  • Mack Creek Gaging Station Recording RG
    W -122.16744700, E -122.16744700, N 44.21943600, S 44.21943600
    Altitude: 755 to 755 meter
  • Mack Creek Gaging Station Standard RG
    W -122.16747200, E -122.16747200, N 44.21928000, S 44.21928000
    Altitude: 759 to 759 meter
  • Mack West raingage
    W -122.17117700, E -122.17117700, N 44.21180000, S 44.21180000
    Altitude: 1167 to 1167 meter
  • Mack West Standard RG
    W -122.17117700, E -122.17117700, N 44.21180000, S 44.21180000
    Altitude: 1167 to 1167 meter
  • McRae Bridge Standard RG
    W -122.20922300, E -122.20922300, N 44.23295900, S 44.23295900
    Altitude: 551 to 551 meter
  • Midway Standard RG
    W -122.18503100, E -122.18503100, N 44.25113700, S 44.25113700
    Altitude: 774 to 774 meter
  • Mirkwood Standard RG
    W -122.20197200, E -122.20197200, N 44.23131500, S 44.23131500
    Altitude: 595 to 595 meter
  • Primary Met Station NADP Recording RG
    W -122.25578500, E -122.25578500, N 44.21192400, S 44.21192400
  • Primary Met Station Recording RG1
    W -122.25583900, E -122.25583900, N 44.21184800, S 44.21184800
    Altitude: 436 to 436 meter
  • Primary Met Station Recording RG2
    W -122.25603400, E -122.25603400, N 44.21170900, S 44.21170900
    Altitude: 436 to 436 meter
  • Reference Stand #13 Open Storage RG
    W -122.12321700, E -122.12321700, N 44.34393100, S 44.34393100
  • Reference Stand #18 Standard RG
    W -122.15876800, E -122.15876800, N 44.24632100, S 44.24632100
    Altitude: 1081 to 1081 meter
  • Reference Stand #3 Standard RG
    W -122.16018400, E -122.16018400, N 44.25956700, S 44.25956700
    Altitude: 949 to 949 meter
  • Reference Stand #5 Standard RG
    W -122.20275800, E -122.20275800, N 44.22217300, S 44.22217300
    Altitude: 901 to 901 meter
  • Roads End Storage RG
    W -122.13792700, E -122.13792700, N 44.20510000, S 44.20510000
    Altitude: 1343 to 1343 meter
  • Ross' House in Blue River Standard RG
    W -122.34410300, E -122.34410300, N 44.15683800, S 44.15683800
  • Shelterwood Standard RG
    W -122.16779500, E -122.16779500, N 44.23052500, S 44.23052500
    Altitude: 739 to 739 meter
  • Spotfire Unit Storage RG
    W -122.24756900, E -122.24756900, N 44.20017000, S 44.20017000
    Altitude: 818 to 818 meter
  • Top of WS#10 Storage RG
    W -122.25684200, E -122.25684200, N 44.21995600, S 44.21995600
    Altitude: 668 to 668 meter
  • Trails End Standard RG
    W -122.11527800, E -122.11527800, N 44.22069300, S 44.22069300
    Altitude: 1059 to 1059 meter
  • Unit 1F Recording RG
    W -122.21383900, E -122.21383900, N 44.22082100, S 44.22082100
    Altitude: 879 to 879 meter
  • Unit 3B Standard RG
    W -122.22342800, E -122.22342800, N 44.23130600, S 44.23130600
    Altitude: 551 to 551 meter
  • Unit 3H Standard RG
    W -122.17075200, E -122.17075200, N 44.25967300, S 44.25967300
    Altitude: 882 to 882 meter
  • Upper Lookout Met Station Recording RG1
    W -122.11996000, E -122.11996000, N 44.20735200, S 44.20735200
    Altitude: 1297 to 1297 meter
  • Upper Lookout Met Station Recording RG2
    W -122.11941300, E -122.11941300, N 44.20719700, S 44.20719700
    Altitude: 1291 to 1291 meter
  • Upper Lookout Met Station Standard RG
    W -122.11996000, E -122.11996000, N 44.20735200, S 44.20735200
    Altitude: 1297 to 1297 meter
  • Vanilla Leaf Meadow Stand-alone rain gauge
    W -122.14966300, E -122.14966300, N 44.27332900, S 44.27332900
    Altitude: 1300 to 1300 meter
  • Vanilla Leaf Met Meadow Standard RG
    W -122.14966300, E -122.14966300, N 44.27332900, S 44.27332900
    Altitude: 1300 to 1300 meter
  • Vanilla Leaf Met Station Recording RG
    W -122.14951900, E -122.14951900, N 44.27162500, S 44.27162500
    Altitude: 1270 to 1270 meter
  • Vanilla Leaf Met Station Standard RG
    W -122.14951900, E -122.14951900, N 44.27162527, S 44.27162500
    Altitude: 1270 to 1270 meter
  • Vanilla Leaf Road Standard RG
    W -122.14922100, E -122.14922100, N 44.27098000, S 44.27098000
    Altitude: 1245 to 1245 meter
  • WS#1 Gaging Station Standard RG
    W -122.25802700, E -122.25802700, N 44.20733900, S 44.20733900
    Altitude: 439 to 439 meter
  • WS#1 Saddle Q-12 Recording RG
    W -122.24076500, E -122.24076500, N 44.20194300, S 44.20194300
    Altitude: 867 to 867 meter
  • WS#1 Saddle Standard RG
    W -122.24076500, E -122.24076500, N 44.20194300, S 44.20194300
    Altitude: 867 to 867 meter
  • WS#10 Gaging Station Standard RG
    W -122.25684000, E -122.25684000, N 44.21995600, S 44.21995600
    Altitude: 668 to 668 meter
  • WS#3 G Road Standard RG
    W -122.23144800, E -122.23144800, N 44.21664800, S 44.21664800
    Altitude: 770 to 770 meter
  • WS#3 J Road Standard RG
    W -122.23376200, E -122.23376200, N 44.21103500, S 44.21103500
    Altitude: 844 to 844 meter
  • WS#3 J Road Storage RG
    W -122.23376200, E -122.23376200, N 44.21103500, S 44.21103500
    Altitude: 844 to 844 meter
  • WS#3 M Road Standard RG
    W -122.23653100, E -122.23653100, N 44.22007400, S 44.22007400
    Altitude: 542 to 542 meter
  • WS#9 Gaging Station Standard RG
    W -122.25485100, E -122.25485100, N 44.20321400, S 44.20321400
    Altitude: 634 to 634 meter
  • Raingage Network
    W -122.34410300, E -122.10624000, N 44.34393100, S 44.15683800
    Altitude: 1520 to 1520 meter
  • Andrews Experimental Forest (HJA)
    W -122.26172200, E -122.10084700, N 44.28196400, S 44.19770400
    Altitude: 1631 to 1631 meter
Software

No software entries listed in this EML file.

Keywords
  • LTER controlled vocabulary: meteorology (theme), climatology (theme), precipitation (theme), long term monitoring (theme)
  • Andrews Experimental Forest site thesaurus: Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) (theme), long term studies (theme)
Taxonomic Hierarchy

No taxonomic hierarchy listed in this EML file.

Data Entities
# Entity Metadata Data
1 MS00401
Rain gauge inventory
Inventory of every rain gauge that ever operated at the Andrews
 METADATA DATA
2 MS00402
Periodic precipitation from standard and storage rain and snow gauges
 METADATA DATA
3 MS00403
Daily precipitation from recording rain gauges at benchmark sites
Benchmark station precipitation data is here (formerly part of MS001). Mack Creek and the historic Fork recording gage is included. The earliest continuous precipitation records occur at the Climatic Station (CS2MET) beginning in 1957. Other Andrews daily precipitation records can be found in MS004 entity 4.
 METADATA DATA
4 MS00404
Daily precipitation from standard and storage rain gauges
See entity 13 for recording rain gauge data at Benchmark stations
 METADATA DATA
5 MS00405
Fine temporal precipitation for Mack Creek (1984 to present) and the historic Forks recording gage (1951 to 1959)
These data will be merged with entity 13
 METADATA DATA
6 MS00413
Fine temporal precipitation from recording rain gauges at benchmark sites
Benchmark station precipitation data is here (formerly part of MS001). Mack Creek and the historic Forks recording gage (1951 to 1959) are included.
 METADATA DATA
Metadata
MS00401 - Rain gauge inventory

Object name: MS00401_v1.csv

Records: 63

Attributes: 16

Temporal coverage: 1951-11-21 to 2019-02-09

File size: 14826 byte

Checksum (MD5): 9ca01d205f3dc0efb4d35eda50a385c6

Format: headers=1, recordDelimiter=\r\n, fieldDelimiter=,, quoteCharacter=", orientation=column

Constraints (2)
  • primaryKey: PRIMARY
    MS00401.SITECODE, MS00401.PROBE_CODE
  • notNullConstraint: NOTNULL
    MS00401.DBCODE, MS00401.ENTITY, MS00401.SITECODE, MS00401.PROBE_CODE, MS00401.SITENAME, MS00401.GAGE_TYPE, MS00401.RAIN_NETWORK, MS00401.INSTRUM_CODE, MS00401.DATE_BEGIN, MS00401.DATE_END, MS00401.ONGOING, MS00401.DB_XREF
Attributes (16)
DBCODE - char(5) (nominal)

ID: MS00401.DBCODE

FSDB database code

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (1)
  • MS004
    FSDB Database code
ENTITY - numeric(2,0) (interval)

ID: MS00401.ENTITY

Entity number

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: number

Precision: 1.000000

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=1.0000 (exclusive=false), max=1.0000 (exclusive=false)

SITECODE - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00401.SITECODE

Site code for the precipitation measurement station

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (43)
  • 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
SITENAME - char(40) (nominal)

ID: MS00401.SITENAME

Site name for the precipitation measurement station

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

LATITUDE - numeric(9,6) (ratio)

ID: MS00401.LATITUDE

Precise location based on decimal degrees north of the equator

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: degrees latitude or longitude

Precision: 0.000010

Numeric domain: type=real, min=44.1568 (exclusive=false), max=44.3440 (exclusive=false)

LONGITUDE - numeric(11,6) (ratio)

ID: MS00401.LONGITUDE

Precise location based on decimal degrees west of the Prime Meridian (Greenwich)

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: degrees latitude or longitude

Precision: 0.000010

Numeric domain: type=real, min=-122.3442 (exclusive=false), max=-122.1062 (exclusive=false)

GAGE_TYPE - char(1) (nominal)

ID: MS00401.GAGE_TYPE

Indication of recording rain gage versus the non-recording standard or storage gage types

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (3)
  • 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
RAIN_NETWORK - char(1) (nominal)

ID: MS00401.RAIN_NETWORK

Rain network indicates the general era in which gages were installed and operated

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (3)
  • 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
PROBE_CODE - char(8) (nominal)

ID: MS00401.PROBE_CODE

Probe number code indicates the measurement type, site, and sensor number (e.g., PPTCS201)

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (64)
  • 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
INSTRUM_CODE - char(10) (nominal)

ID: MS00401.INSTRUM_CODE

Type of instrument or rain gage used

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (27)
  • 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)
DATE_BEGIN - date (dateTime)

ID: MS00401.DATE_BEGIN

Beginning date of rain gage operation

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Date format: YYYY-MM-DD

DATE_END - date (dateTime)

ID: MS00401.DATE_END

Ending date of rain gage operation

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Date format: YYYY-MM-DD

ONGOING - char(3) (nominal)

ID: MS00401.ONGOING

Indicator of whether rain gage collection is still ongoing

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (2)
  • Yes
    Rain gage is still operational
  • No
    Rain gage is no longer operational
DB_XREF - char(5) (nominal)

ID: MS00401.DB_XREF

Indicator of which FSDB database or other location where data can be found

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (4)
  • 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
AVAILABILITY - char(140) (nominal)

ID: MS00401.AVAILABILITY

Indicates whether data is available and whether daily or finer temporal resolution

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

DESCRIPTION - char(125) (nominal)

ID: MS00401.DESCRIPTION

General description of the rain gage

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

MS00402 - Periodic precipitation from standard and storage rain and snow gauges

Object name: MS00402_v1.csv

Records: 10189

Attributes: 13

Temporal coverage: 1951-11-21 to 2016-12-21

File size: 1054769 byte

Checksum (MD5): 67db7e74e913f20330113c9908dad8a4

Format: headers=1, recordDelimiter=\r\n, fieldDelimiter=,, quoteCharacter=", orientation=column

Constraints (2)
  • primaryKey: PRIMARY
    MS00402.SITECODE, MS00402.PROBE_CODE, MS00402.DATETIME_BEGIN
  • notNullConstraint: NOTNULL
    MS00402.DBCODE, MS00402.ENTITY, MS00402.SITECODE, MS00402.PROBE_CODE, MS00402.DATETIME_BEGIN, MS00402.DATETIME_END, MS00402.PERIOD_LENGTH, MS00402.PRECIP_TOT_FLAG, MS00402.PROBE_CODE_REC, MS00402.PRECIP_REC_FLAG
Attributes (13)
DBCODE - char(5) (nominal)

ID: MS00402.DBCODE

FSDB database code

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (1)
  • MS004
    FSDB Database code
ENTITY - numeric(2,0) (interval)

ID: MS00402.ENTITY

Entity number

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: number

Precision: 1.000000

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=2.0000 (exclusive=false), max=2.0000 (exclusive=false)

SITECODE - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00402.SITECODE

Site code for the precipitation measurement station

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (43)
  • 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
PROBE_CODE - char(8) (nominal)

ID: MS00402.PROBE_CODE

Probe number code indicates the measurement type, site, and sensor number (e.g., PPTCS201)

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (64)
  • 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
DATETIME_BEGIN - datetime (dateTime)

ID: MS00402.DATETIME_BEGIN

Date and time in Pacific Standard Time (PST) of start of gauge operation

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Date format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

DATETIME_END - datetime (dateTime)

ID: MS00402.DATETIME_END

Date and time in Pacific Standard Time (PST) of end of gauge operation

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Date format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

PERIOD_LENGTH - numeric(4,0) (ratio)

ID: MS00402.PERIOD_LENGTH

Length of measurement period

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: number of days

Precision: 1.000000

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=0.0000 (exclusive=false), max=578.0000 (exclusive=false)

PRECIP_TOT_PERIOD - numeric(6,1) (ratio)

ID: MS00402.PRECIP_TOT_PERIOD

Total precipitation over the measurement period for the standard or storage rain gauge

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: millimeters

Precision: 0.250000

Numeric domain: type=real, min=0.0000 (exclusive=false), max=3474.0000 (exclusive=false)

PRECIP_TOT_FLAG - char(1) (nominal)

ID: MS00402.PRECIP_TOT_FLAG

Total precipitation flag

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (9)
  • *
    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
PROBE_CODE_REC - char(8) (nominal)

ID: MS00402.PROBE_CODE_REC

Probe number code of the recording rain gauge used to prorate the periodic precipitation total

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (12)
  • 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
PRECIP_REC_PERIOD - numeric(6,1) (ratio)

ID: MS00402.PRECIP_REC_PERIOD

Total precipitation of the recording rain gauge over the exact collection period as the standard or storage gauge measurement

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: millimeters

Precision: 0.251000

Numeric domain: type=real, min=0.0000 (exclusive=false), max=3535.0000 (exclusive=false)

PRECIP_REC_FLAG - char(1) (nominal)

ID: MS00402.PRECIP_REC_FLAG

Total recording gauge precipitation flag

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (6)
  • *
    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
COMMENT - char(120) (nominal)

ID: MS00402.COMMENT

General comment on the collection of precipitation for this period

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

MS00403 - Daily precipitation from recording rain gauges at benchmark sites

Object name: MS00403_v9.csv

Records: 106970

Attributes: 11

Temporal coverage: 1957-10-01 to 2019-03-18

File size: 8150364 byte

Checksum (MD5): afab3816966ea98b61574e6c252896ee

Format: headers=1, recordDelimiter=\r\n, fieldDelimiter=,, quoteCharacter=", orientation=column

Constraints (2)
  • primaryKey: PRIMARY
    MS00403.SITECODE, MS00403.PROBE_CODE, MS00403.DATE
  • notNullConstraint: NOTNULL
    MS00403.DBCODE, MS00403.ENTITY, MS00403.SITECODE, MS00403.PROBE_CODE, MS00403.PRECIP_TOT_FLAG, MS00403.PRECIP_METHOD, MS00403.HEIGHT, MS00403.QC_LEVEL, MS00403.DATE, MS00403.EVENT_CODE
Attributes (11)
DBCODE - char(5) (nominal)

ID: MS00403.DBCODE

FSDB database code

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (1)
  • MS004
    FSDB Database code
ENTITY - numeric(2,0) (interval)

ID: MS00403.ENTITY

Entity number

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: number

Precision: 1.000000

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=3.0000 (exclusive=false), max=3.0000 (exclusive=false)

SITECODE - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00403.SITECODE

Site code for the precipitation measurement station

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (43)
  • 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
PRECIP_METHOD - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00403.PRECIP_METHOD

An indication of the the general methodology and instrumentation used to collect this precipitation data

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (82)
  • 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)
HEIGHT - numeric(4,0) (ratio)

ID: MS00403.HEIGHT

Height of sensor from ground surface

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: centimeters

Precision: 1

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=100.0000 (exclusive=false), max=627.0000 (exclusive=false)

QC_LEVEL - char(2) (nominal)

ID: MS00403.QC_LEVEL

Quality control flag indicates level of quality checking performed including an indication of "provisional" data.

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (5)
  • 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
PROBE_CODE - char(8) (nominal)

ID: MS00403.PROBE_CODE

Probe number code indicates the measurement type, site, and sensor number (e.g., PPTCS201)

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (64)
  • 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
DATE - datetime (dateTime)

ID: MS00403.DATE

Date of measurement

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Date format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

PRECIP_TOT_DAY - numeric(5,1) (ratio)

ID: MS00403.PRECIP_TOT_DAY

Total precipitation for the day

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: millimeters

Precision: 0.300000

Numeric domain: type=real, min=0.0000 (exclusive=false), max=422.0000 (exclusive=false)

PRECIP_TOT_FLAG - char(1) (nominal)

ID: MS00403.PRECIP_TOT_FLAG

Total precipitation flag

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (9)
  • *
    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
EVENT_CODE - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00403.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

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (11)
  • 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)
MS00404 - Daily precipitation from standard and storage rain gauges

Object name: MS00404_v3.csv

Records: 233987

Attributes: 12

Temporal coverage: 1951-11-21 to 2019-02-08

File size: 20082402 byte

Checksum (MD5): e637862e09c4f33088416a3e4448148c

Format: headers=1, recordDelimiter=\r\n, fieldDelimiter=,, quoteCharacter=", orientation=column

Constraints (2)
  • primaryKey: PRIMARY
    MS00404.SITECODE, MS00404.PROBE_CODE, MS00404.DATE
  • notNullConstraint: NOTNULL
    MS00404.DBCODE, MS00404.ENTITY, MS00404.SITECODE, MS00404.PROBE_CODE, MS00404.PRECIP_TOT_FLAG, MS00404.PROBE_CODE_REC, MS00404.PRECIP_METHOD, MS00404.QC_LEVEL, MS00404.DATE, MS00404.EVENT_CODE
Attributes (12)
DBCODE - char(5) (nominal)

ID: MS00404.DBCODE

FSDB database code

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (1)
  • MS004
    FSDB Database code
ENTITY - numeric(2,0) (interval)

ID: MS00404.ENTITY

Entity number

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: number

Precision: 1.000000

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=3.0000 (exclusive=false), max=3.0000 (exclusive=false)

SITECODE - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00404.SITECODE

Site code for the precipitation measurement station

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (43)
  • 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
PRECIP_METHOD - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00404.PRECIP_METHOD

An indication of the the general methodology and instrumentation used to collect this precipitation data

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (82)
  • 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)
HEIGHT - numeric(4,0) (ratio)

ID: MS00404.HEIGHT

Height of sensor from ground surface

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: centimeters

Precision: 1

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=95.0000 (exclusive=false), max=870.0000 (exclusive=false)

QC_LEVEL - char(2) (nominal)

ID: MS00404.QC_LEVEL

Quality control flag indicates level of quality checking performed including an indication of "provisional" data.

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (5)
  • 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
PROBE_CODE - char(8) (nominal)

ID: MS00404.PROBE_CODE

Probe number code indicates the measurement type, site, and sensor number (e.g., PPTCS201)

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (64)
  • 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
DATE - datetime (dateTime)

ID: MS00404.DATE

Date of measurement

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Date format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

PRECIP_TOT_DAY - numeric(5,1) (ratio)

ID: MS00404.PRECIP_TOT_DAY

Total precipitation for the day

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: millimeters

Precision: 0.300000

Numeric domain: type=real, min=0.0000 (exclusive=false), max=218.7000 (exclusive=false)

PRECIP_TOT_FLAG - char(1) (nominal)

ID: MS00404.PRECIP_TOT_FLAG

Total precipitation flag

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (9)
  • *
    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
PROBE_CODE_REC - char(8) (nominal)

ID: MS00404.PROBE_CODE_REC

Probe number code of the recording rain gauge used to prorate the periodic precipitation total

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (12)
  • 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
EVENT_CODE - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00404.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

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (11)
  • 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)
MS00405 - Fine temporal precipitation for Mack Creek (1984 to present) and the historic Forks recording gage (1951 to 1959)

Object name: MS00405_v3.txt

Records: 1745240

Attributes: 11

Temporal coverage: 1951-11-21 to 2019-02-09

File size: 134051074 byte

Checksum (MD5): c218f8ddf070ca02d2ccff5dec7aa7f4

Format: headers=1, recordDelimiter=\r\n, fieldDelimiter=,, quoteCharacter=", orientation=column

Constraints (2)
  • primaryKey: PRIMARY
    MS00405.SITECODE, MS00405.PROBE_CODE, MS00405.DATE_TIME
  • notNullConstraint: NOTNULL
    MS00405.DBCODE, MS00405.ENTITY, MS00405.SITECODE, MS00405.PROBE_CODE, MS00405.PRECIP_TOT_FLAG, MS00405.PRECIP_METHOD, MS00405.QC_LEVEL, MS00405.EVENT_CODE, MS00405.DATE_TIME
Attributes (11)
DBCODE - char(5) (nominal)

ID: MS00405.DBCODE

FSDB database code

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (1)
  • MS004
    FSDB Database code
ENTITY - numeric(2,0) (interval)

ID: MS00405.ENTITY

Entity number

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: number

Precision: 1.000000

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=4.0000 (exclusive=false), max=4.0000 (exclusive=false)

SITECODE - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00405.SITECODE

Site code for the precipitation measurement station

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (43)
  • 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
PRECIP_METHOD - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00405.PRECIP_METHOD

An indication of the the general methodology and instrumentation used to collect this precipitation data

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (82)
  • 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)
HEIGHT - numeric(4,0) (ratio)

ID: MS00405.HEIGHT

Height of sensor from ground surface

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: centimeters

Precision: 1

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=810.0000 (exclusive=false), max=870.0000 (exclusive=false)

QC_LEVEL - char(2) (nominal)

ID: MS00405.QC_LEVEL

Quality control flag indicates level of quality checking performed including an indication of "provisional" data.

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (5)
  • 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
PROBE_CODE - char(8) (nominal)

ID: MS00405.PROBE_CODE

Probe number code indicates the measurement type, site, and sensor number (e.g., PPTCS201)

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (64)
  • 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
DATE_TIME - datetime (dateTime)

ID: MS00405.DATE_TIME

Date and time in Pacific Standard Time (PST) of sensor reading

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Date format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

PRECIP_TOT - numeric(6,2) (ratio)

ID: MS00405.PRECIP_TOT

Total precipitation over the last interval (e.g., 5 or 15 minutes)

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: millimeters

Precision: 0.030000

Numeric domain: type=real, min=0.0000 (exclusive=false), max=101.3500 (exclusive=false)

PRECIP_TOT_FLAG - char(1) (nominal)

ID: MS00405.PRECIP_TOT_FLAG

Total precipitation flag

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (9)
  • *
    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
EVENT_CODE - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00405.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

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (11)
  • 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)
MS00413 - Fine temporal precipitation from recording rain gauges at benchmark sites

Object name: MS00413_v7.txt

Records: 10909135

Attributes: 11

Temporal coverage: 1957-10-01 to 2019-03-18

File size: 850236941 byte

Checksum (MD5): fdb6be211220f2b88f1041e022c1fef6

Format: headers=1, recordDelimiter=\r\n, fieldDelimiter=,, quoteCharacter=", orientation=column

Constraints (2)
  • primaryKey: PRIMARY
    MS00413.SITECODE, MS00413.PROBE_CODE, MS00413.DATE_TIME
  • notNullConstraint: NOTNULL
    MS00413.DBCODE, MS00413.ENTITY, MS00413.SITECODE, MS00413.PROBE_CODE, MS00413.PRECIP_TOT_FLAG, MS00413.PRECIP_METHOD, MS00413.HEIGHT, MS00413.QC_LEVEL, MS00413.EVENT_CODE, MS00413.DATE_TIME
Attributes (11)
DBCODE - char(5) (nominal)

ID: MS00413.DBCODE

FSDB database code

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (1)
  • MS004
    FSDB Database code
ENTITY - numeric(2,0) (interval)

ID: MS00413.ENTITY

Entity number

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: number

Precision: 1.000000

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=13.0000 (exclusive=false), max=13.0000 (exclusive=false)

SITECODE - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00413.SITECODE

Site code for the precipitation measurement station

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (43)
  • 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
PRECIP_METHOD - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00413.PRECIP_METHOD

An indication of the the general methodology and instrumentation used to collect this precipitation data

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (82)
  • 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)
HEIGHT - numeric(4,0) (ratio)

ID: MS00413.HEIGHT

Height of sensor from ground surface

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: centimeters

Precision: 1

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=100.0000 (exclusive=false), max=627.0000 (exclusive=false)

QC_LEVEL - char(2) (nominal)

ID: MS00413.QC_LEVEL

Quality control flag indicates level of quality checking performed including an indication of "provisional" data.

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (5)
  • 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
PROBE_CODE - char(8) (nominal)

ID: MS00413.PROBE_CODE

Probe number code indicates the measurement type, site, and sensor number (e.g., PPTCS201)

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (64)
  • 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
DATE_TIME - datetime (dateTime)

ID: MS00413.DATE_TIME

Date and time in Pacific Standard Time (PST) of sensor reading

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Date format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

PRECIP_TOT - numeric(6,2) (ratio)

ID: MS00413.PRECIP_TOT

Total precipitation over the last interval (e.g., 5 or 15 minutes)

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: millimeters

Precision: 0.030000

Numeric domain: type=real, min=0.0000 (exclusive=false), max=418.5000 (exclusive=false)

PRECIP_TOT_FLAG - char(1) (nominal)

ID: MS00413.PRECIP_TOT_FLAG

Total precipitation flag

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (9)
  • *
    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
EVENT_CODE - char(6) (nominal)

ID: MS00413.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

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (11)
  • 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)
Units
degrees latitude or longitude deg lat-lon latitudeLongitude degree unknown N/A degrees; latitude (parallel) or longitude (meridian)
number of days days time nominalDay second 86400 one day excluding leap seconds, 86400 seconds
number number dimensionless number dimensionless 1 dimensionless number, i.e., ratio, count
centimeters cm length centimeter meter 0.01 centimeters; .01 meters
millimeters mm length millimeter meter 0.001 millimeters; .001 meters
Related Datasets
Related Publications
  • Bierlmaier, Frederick A.; McKee, Arthur. 1989. Climatic summaries and documentation for the primary meteorological station, H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, 1972 to 1984. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-242. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 56 p.
  • Duan, Jinfan; Sikka, Alok K.; Grant, Gordon E. 1995. A comparison of stochastic models for generating daily precipitation at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Northwest Science. 69(4): 318-329.
  • Greenland, David. 1994. Regional context of the climate of H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon. In: Redmond, K. T.; Tharp, V. L., eds. Proceedings of the tenth annual Pacific Climate (PACLIM) workshop; [Place of meeting unknown]. Interagency Ecological Studies Program, Tech. Rep. 36. [Place of publication unknown]: California Department of Water Resources: 41-57.
  • Daly, Christopher; Smith, Jonathan W.; Smith, Joseph I.; McKane, Robert B. 2007. High-resolution spatial modeling of daily weather elements for a catchment in the Oregon Cascade Mountains, United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 46: 1565-1586.
  • Daly, C.; Neilson, R.P.; Phillips, D.L. 1994. A statistical-topographic model for mapping climatological precipitation over mountainous terrain. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 33: 140-158.
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Intellectual Rights

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General acknowledgement: Data were provided by the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest research program, funded by the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB 2025755), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, and Oregon State University.

NOTE: This database is under construction. Precipitation entities from MS001 (3 and 13) have been migrated here to MS004 (June-July 2025). The entities have been renumbered and high resolution data (entities 5 & amp;amp; 13) will be merged (2026). High resolution data for 2020-2024 is being processed and will be updated (goal: March 2026). This version of the dataset is to represent the migrated and renumbered entities and updated metdata.

Licensed

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License

Identifier: CC-BY-4.0

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Maintenance

Maintenance update frequency: annually

Description

  • An update history is logged and maintained with each new version of every dataset.

Change History

  • Version1 (2017-03-28)
    Study code and preliminary metadata established
  • Version2 (2017-05-08)
    Four entities are prepared and placed online for the first time. The entities include an invenory of all current and historic rain gages, and precipitation total and daily data for all non-recording standard and storage rain gages. Current data is available into 2017 for one of the five active gages and 2016 for others. High temporal resolution data is also prepared for Mack Creek gaging station and one historic gage.
  • Version4 (2019-02-21)
    Entities 3 and 4 are updated for daily and 5-minute temporal resolution data at Mack Creek Recording Gage, a shelter-top recording rain gauge (PPTGSM02), from 4/5/2017 to 2/9/2019.
  • Version5 (2026-02-04)
    Recreating EML file to represent new MS004 database after migration of entities 3 and 13 from MS001. MS004 entities were renumbered to accommodate the migration.