Automated readings from the rain gages throughout the city. These rain gages use 'tipping buckets' to measure rainfall; whenever the 'bucket' tips, the incremental rainfall data are recorded. Because of this measurement system, this dataset is only updated when there are new 'bucket tips'; the system searches for new data several times an hour, but only updates this dataset if there are new records. The data rate is limited, so for heavy rainfall there will be multiple 'bucket tips' in one record.
This includes all solar (photovoltaic) systems interconnected with Fort Collins Utilities distribution system and includes three fields: the date of service, system address, and solar system capacity (kilowatts-DC).
Automated readings from the city-wide flood warning system, which is made up in part of stream-flow gages throughout the city. While these data specify flow rates at each gage, extreme care should be taken if using these measurements as flow data; the sensors are not placed ideally for accurate flow measurements and they are not monitored closely enough for this purpose. This is the raw sensor data and analysis would be needed to use for anything but flood monitoring.