Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Make your own streamflow dashboard page

Would you like to be able to see all of your favorite streamflow gages on one page? Colorado's Division of Water Resources has a Web page that allows you to do just that.

Here are step-by-step instructions for creating your own Northern Water Gage Page.

1. Go to this link and click on the "My Stations" link at the bottom right.

2. Select stations of interest and, one by one, move them from the left side ("Available") box to the right side ("Current Station List") box. Here's a list of stations to get you started. This list will allow you to watch key canyon gages on the East Slope and key collection system flows on the West Slope:

ADATUNCO, ALVA B. ADAMS TUNNEL AT EAST PORTAL NEAR ESTES PARK
BOCOROCO, BOULDER CREEK NEAR ORODELL
SVCLYOCO, SAINT VRAIN CREEK AT LYONS, CO
BTABESCO, BIG THOMPSON RIVER ABOVE LAKE ESTES
BTCANYCO, BIG THOMPSON RIVER AT MOUTH OF CANYON NEAR DRAKE
CLAFTCCO, CACHE LA POUDRE AT CANYON MOUTH NEAR FORT COLLINS
CLANSECO, NORTH FORK CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER BELOW SEAMAN RESERVOIR
COLNGBCO, COLORADO RIVER NEAR GRANBY
COLBAKCO, COLORADO R BELOW BAKER GULCH, NR GRAND LAKE, CO
FRAGRACO, FRASER RIVER AT GRANBY, CO
COLAWICO, COLORADO RIVER AT WINDY GAP, NEAR GRANBY, CO
WILABVCO, WILLOW CREEK ABOVE WILLOW CREEK RESERVOIR
WILWCRCO, WILLOW CREEK BELOW WILLOW CREEK RESERVOIR

3. If you want the list to be in a particular order, use the arrow buttons to sort.

4. After you've populated your Current Station List and sorted it, enter a name in the box at the bottom of the screen (you can keep the name "My Stations" if you like) and click "Save."

5. After you save the list, a "Current Conditions" page appears. This is a list of all of your stations with the current values. Bookmark this page!

6. Click on the "Graph(s)" tab to see 10-day graphs for all of your gages.

7. Add or remove gages any time by going to the "Edit List" tab. Remember to save your changes.

Thank you, DWR - this is a great tool!