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Real-Time Rain Gauge
Network
The City's rain gauge network can be accessed
by visiting www.123mc.com
and entering:
Username: springfield
Password: rain
Site Navigation Tips: Once
you are logged in to the webpage, go to the folders on the
left-hand side of the webpage. Open Data, then Rainfall. Under
the Rainfall folder, view the Table to see the most recent
data for all the gauges. Click on a particular gauge to see
historic data. To see daily totals, click on Calendar under
the Rainfall folder.
Rain Gauge Network Facts:
Number of gauges: 20
Initial Cost: $36,000 ($20,000 from a grant
obtained by the Watershed
Committee of the Ozarks and $8,000 each from the Storm
Water Services and Sanitary
Services Divisions of Public Works)
Ongoing Cost: $6,252 annual service fee shared
by Storm Water Services and Sanitary Services.
Gauge type: The guages are tipping bucket
style gauges with a solar-powered transmitter that utilizes
the digital control channel of the cellular communications
network to transmit the data to a webpage in 15-minute increments
when it has rained at least 0.01" in that 15-minute period.
The data transmission is near real-time, displaying on the
webpage with an approximate 3-5 minute delay. The gauges report
in once/day when no rainfall has occurred.
Potential Uses:
- Establishing long-term rainfall data for
statistical analysis
- Evaluating flooding from individual storm
events
- Evaluating Infiltration/Inflow
and sanitary sewer overflows
- Potentially improving flood warning system
response time in the urban area
- Potentially issuing flood warnings for
specific watersheds and streams
- Public education/outreach tool at schools
with gauges and for the general public
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