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Elk River at Sutton Lake
A gauge on the Elk River in Braxton County, West Virginia. Its stage was 16.58 ft as of Sep 26, 7:00 AM EDT.
- Stage now
- 16.58 ftreported Sep 26, 7:00 AM EDT
- 24 hour change
- Fell 2.24 ftsince Sep 25, 7:00 AM
- Rank
- 164of 395 in West Virginia, Sep 27
- Elevation
- 965 ftabove sea level
- County
- Braxton County
- Position
- 38.6500° N, 80.6833° W
- Record since
- 2010
Water level
Elk River at Sutton Lake
Stage is the height of the water's surface above the gauge's own fixed zero, in feet, not the depth of the water. Every point drawn is a reading the gauge sent, at the time it sent it.
Left out: 1 reading the gauge sent that were not the water, the furthest 819.01 ft on Sep 24. A reading is left out when it leaps away from the water and straight back, sticks on one value, or swings with a gauge in ice or failing.
- Latest
- 16.58 ftSep 26, 7:00 AM
- Highest
- 20.05 ftSep 21, 7:30 AM
- Lowest
- 13.51 ftSep 20, 7:00 AM
- Range
- 6.54 fthighest less lowest
- Change
- Rose 3.07 ftsince Sep 20, 7:00 AM
- Readings
- 5
- Left out
- 1not the water
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Time | Stage ft |
|---|---|
| Sep 26, 7:00 AM | 16.58 |
| Sep 25, 7:00 AM | 18.82 |
| Sep 23, 7:00 AM | 18.25 |
| Sep 21, 7:30 AM | 20.05 |
| Sep 20, 7:00 AM | 13.51 |
Left out: 2 readings the gauge sent that were not the water, the furthest 819.01 ft on Sep 24. A reading is left out when it leaps away from the water and straight back, sticks on one value, or swings with a gauge in ice or failing.
- Latest
- 16.58 ftSep 26, 7:00 AM
- Highest
- 811.59 ftSep 3, 7:00 AM
- Lowest
- 11.19 ftSep 6, 7:30 AM
- Range
- 800.40 fthighest less lowest
- Change
- Rose 5.30 ftsince Aug 28, 7:00 AM
- Readings
- 22
- Left out
- 2not the water
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Day | High ft | Low ft | Average ft | Last ft | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | 16.58 | 16.58 | 16.58 | 16.58 | 1 |
| Sep 25 | 18.82 | 18.82 | 18.82 | 18.82 | 1 |
| Sep 23 | 18.25 | 18.25 | 18.25 | 18.25 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | 20.05 | 20.05 | 20.05 | 20.05 | 1 |
| Sep 20 | 13.51 | 13.51 | 13.51 | 13.51 | 1 |
| Sep 18 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | 11.48 | 11.48 | 11.48 | 11.48 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | 11.49 | 11.49 | 11.49 | 11.49 | 1 |
| Sep 15 | 11.48 | 11.48 | 11.48 | 11.48 | 1 |
| Sep 14 | 11.49 | 11.49 | 11.49 | 11.49 | 1 |
| Sep 13 | 11.51 | 11.51 | 11.51 | 11.51 | 1 |
| Sep 9 | 11.20 | 11.20 | 11.20 | 11.20 | 1 |
| Sep 8 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 1 |
| Sep 7 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 1 |
| Sep 6 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 1 |
| Sep 5 | 811.19 | 811.19 | 811.19 | 811.19 | 1 |
| Sep 4 | 811.26 | 811.26 | 811.26 | 811.26 | 1 |
| Sep 3 | 811.59 | 811.59 | 811.59 | 811.59 | 1 |
| Sep 2 | 11.82 | 11.82 | 11.82 | 11.82 | 1 |
| Sep 1 | 11.82 | 11.82 | 11.82 | 11.82 | 1 |
| Aug 31 | 11.47 | 11.47 | 11.47 | 11.47 | 1 |
| Aug 28 | 11.28 | 11.28 | 11.28 | 11.28 | 1 |
How it reports
- Rank
- 164of 395 in West Virginia, Sep 27
- Schedule
- every houron the hour's :30
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 24 of 24100% of its schedule
- Reports received, 7 days
- 31 of 31100% of its schedule, 32 reports in all
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 1 hourfrom Sep 25, 8:30 PM
- Latest report
- Sep 27, 3:30 AMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 23 min9 in 10 within 33 min
Its schedule is one report every hour, 24 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same hour count as one received.
Near Elk River at Sutton Lake
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How to read a gauge
A gauge measures the height of the water where it stands, its stage, in feet above a fixed mark at that gauge. Two gauges' stages are not comparable: each is measured from its own mark, and a reservoir's is often its height above sea level.
The stage shown is the latest the gauge reported, with the time it reported it. Storm Station hears each gauge on its own schedule and ranks it among its state's stations by how reliably it reports: that is its 247 rank.