Interrogation Site Metadata
BVC - Beaver Creek, Methow River
Status: Active - Non-OperationalGeneral Operational Period: Year Round
Start Date: 1/1/2009 12:00 AM
This is a permanent instream PIT tag interrogation site on Beaver Creek in the Methow River Basin. From 2009 until 2014, the site was located at river kilometer 3 and had 6 antennas in 3 rows. In July 2014, the site was burned over by a wildfire and removed. In March 2015, the site was reinstalled 2 kilometers downstream from the original location. The new site configuration consists of three 10-foot PVC antennas, with each antenna spanning the wetted width of the channel during base flows. There is an upstream, middle, and downstream antenna installed in flat-plate configuration. The antennas are operated by a FS-1001M (MUX) unit. The antennas were built and installed by WDFW. The site is connected to grid power to charge the battery bank powering the detection system. BVC has remote communication abilities provided by a cellular modem and a QuBE datalogger.
Current Operations
| Last File Loaded: | BVC-2024-117-P-003.json |
| Date Last File Loaded: | 4/26/2024 2:40 PM |
| Date Last File Opened: | 4/26/2024 11:00 AM |
| Date Last File Closed: | 4/26/2024 1:00 PM |
| Last Observation Tag: | 3DD.003DA29414 |
| Last Observation Date: | 4/26/2024 11:02 AM |
| Detection Summary: | Last Day's Observations |
Contacts
Location
Operational History
Operational history describes the period the site was interrogating for PIT tags. The comments provide anecdotal information about the operation of the site during this period. Site operational periods are updated typically at the end of the calendar year.
| Year | Start Date | End Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||
| 2023 | 1/1/2023 12:00 AM | 1/1/2024 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. |
| 2022 | 1/1/2022 12:00 AM | 11/19/2022 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. |
| 2021 | 1/1/2021 12:00 AM | 1/1/2022 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. |
| 2020 | 1/1/2020 12:00 AM | 1/1/2021 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. See event logs for additional operational information. |
| 2019 | 1/1/2019 12:00 AM | 12/31/2019 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. |
| 2018 | 1/1/2018 12:00 AM | 1/1/2019 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on file created and closed dates. |
| 2017 | 1/1/2017 12:00 AM | 1/1/2018 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on file created and closed dates. |
| 2016 | 1/1/2016 12:00 AM | 1/1/2017 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on file created and closed dates. |
| 2015 | 3/5/2015 12:00 AM | 1/1/2016 12:00 AM | Reinstalled with 3 antennas 2km downstream from original location. |
| 2014 | 1/1/2014 11:27 AM | 7/17/2014 12:00 AM | Site was damaged by wildfire in July and removed. Site experienced high noise throughout the year. Site down January 3-4, February 20-26, March 11-13, July 5-8. Antenna 5 down from January 3-February 26. Antenna 2 down May 1-8. |
| 2013 | 1/1/2013 12:00 AM | 12/23/2013 4:00 AM | Site experienced high noise throughout the year. Site down May 21-23, May 26-27, May 28-June 3, July 25-August 19. Antenna 2 down May 10-July 25. |
| 2012 | 1/1/2012 12:00 AM | 1/1/2013 12:00 AM | |
| 2011 | 1/1/2011 12:00 AM | 1/1/2012 12:00 AM | BVC was down from 2/8/11 @ 10:00 to 2/11/11 @12:28. Antenna 5 lost connection on May 16; antenna 1 stopped function on May 23; antenna 3 lost on May 31. Antenna 1 was reconnected on Jul 18; antenna 3 was replaced on July 19. All antennas up and running as of August 30. |
| 2010 | 1/1/2010 12:00 AM | 1/1/2011 12:00 AM | The MUX was working on and off from 10/29/2010 through 12/13/2010 due to a faulty timer. |
| 2009 | 1/1/2009 12:00 AM | 1/1/2010 12:00 AM | First year of operation. The reader was out of service on January 31. |
Configuration
Configuration metadata includes details about the equipment used at the site to detect and record PIT tags. A new configuration sequence record is created when equipment is added or removed from the site and the period of time it was active. A configuration sequence without an End Date is currently active.
| Antenna Group | Transceiver ID | Antenna ID |
|---|---|---|
| Upstream Antenna | B0 | B1 |
| Middle Antenna | B0 | B2 |
| Downstream Antenna | B0 | B3 |
Site Configuration Diagrams:
Equipment History
Select a type to view the history of equipment installed at this site. A missing End Date implies the information about the equipment is current.
| Equipment Code | Description | Start Date | End Date |
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Event Log Summary
| Event Date | Event Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 8/6/2014 10:47:59 AM | General | Site burned over on 7/17/14, cables, batteries burned. Site down. Will not be restored in this location. |
| 7/5/2014 4:00:00 PM | SiteDown | Site down from 7/5/14 @ 16:00 to 7/8/14 @ 22:00: breaker tripped |
| 6/6/2014 11:21:34 AM | General | Antenna 2 was unplugged and down from 5/1/14 to 5/8/14 at 13:04 |
| 4/7/2014 10:09:29 AM | General | all data uploaded to site as of 3/25/2014 BVC Sporadically down - some point between 3/11/2014 @ 20:50 (tag hit) and 3/13/2014 @ 5:31 (noise report starts up) High noise persists Due to lack of funding, Kyle Martens of the USGS will no longer be responsible for this site. For more information please contact Michael Newsom (MNewsom@usbr.gov). |
| 3/6/2014 7:45:24 AM | General | BVC Down from 2-20-14 at 10:22 to 2-26-14 at 9:15. Relay issue Reinstalled cable 5 MUX pins and max tuned antenna 5 Out from 1-3-14 at 12:01 to 2-26-14 at 9:20 High noise persists, temporarily shut off main breaker - noise remained high |
| 2/11/2014 11:04:20 AM | General | Data uploaded from 1/9/14 15:42 through 2/7/14 11:12. Still having high noise at this site. |
| 1/13/2014 1:02:57 PM | General | data uploaded from 11/1213 through 1/9/14 17:42. Down from 12/22/13 at 4:00am to 1/1/14 11:27. No power to charger. Unplugged, replugged seemed to fix it. Down from 1/3/14 at 12:01 to 1/4/14 at 14:18. Left off purposely for noise troubleshooting, did not help. Ant 5 working intermittently since 1/3/14 at 12:01 (fluctuating sporadically between 0 and 4.9 amps - pins disturbed during MUX swap). Need to fix. Look at BVC13353.A – good noise, what was happening here?! Still have high noise issues. Troubleshooting methods that have not worked: swapped out switcher, charger, and mux. Put charger in separate box away from mux. Insulated batteries better. Swapped out any bad batteries for good batteries. |
| 12/12/2013 8:35:10 AM | General | Data uploaded from 10/17/13 11:00 through 11/21/13 11:06. Still working on noise at site. we have removed everything piece by piece to isolate the noise with no luck. |