Rain Gages data from the City of Seattle primarily supports the permanent Combined Sewer Overflow monitoring network to determine rainfall events and calculate rainfall depth. The dataset also supports other DWW monitoring programs for sampling, modeling, and operations. It was last updated on 2026-03-08 02:23:43.442097.
Use Cases
- Modeling combined sewer overflow events based on rainfall depth and timing data
- Determining the beginning and end of rainfall events for operational monitoring
- Supporting sampling and maintenance functions for water utility programs
Strengths
- Data is geospatially enabled, available in multiple geospatial formats including KML and GeoPackage
- Supports a permanent monitoring network for a critical public utility function
- Last updated date is explicitly provided: 2026 03 08
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- City of Seattle
- Collection Method
- Likely collected from a network of physical rain gage sensors.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-08 02:23:43.442097
- Geography
- Seattle, Washington, USA (inferred from organization and platform tags)