Rainfall: Reads
BE A STORM MONITOR !!!
During one of those nice monsoon storms did you ever want to know just how much rain is falling on your property? Since this is New Mexico, haven't you wondered why it appears to be raining cats and dogs just on the other side of the street and you aren't getting anything? Want to know how much the other guy is getting? Why not join the READS program sponsored by SSCAFCA.
What does it take? Just pick up the phone and give Mr. Jim Service a call (892-RAIN) and he will guide you through this easy process.
What do I need? Just some place secure to set the rain gauge that is away from any tall structures so it will not be shaded.
What does it cost? Absolutely nothing. SSCAFCA provides the rain gauge, the labor, the monitoring cards and anything else that is required.
What is the benefit? You will know for sure want amount of precipitation falls on your property plus you get to belong to a select group, THE STORM MONITORS, which will share their information on an annual basis.
PLEASE PARTICIPATE.
RAINFALL EVENT AND DATA SYSTEM (READS)
BACKGROUND
The Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority (SSCAFCA) in March of 2001was able to obtain federal funds under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to implement a rainfall event recording system within its jurisdiction. Residents and municipalities within SSCAFCA's jurisdiction were invited to participate in the program either by individually volunteering to be a "Storm Monitor," or providing protected space to install a data logging rain gauge. Thirty residents volunteered to be Storm Monitors and ten prospective data logging sites were selected in an effort to cover as much of the jurisdiction as possible. The collection of data began in earnest in March of 2002 with twenty-one volunteer storm monitors consistently providing monthly data cards and readings being taken from six calibrated data logging rain gauge stations.
READS Precipitation Summary Card:
either fill out the online form below, or download the card to print, fill out and manually submit to SSCAFCA
