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Condition Monitoring Report  
Station Number: ID-BK-27
Station Name: Inkom 5.5 N
Report Date: 5/3/2026
Submitted: 5/03/2026 7:05 AM
Scale Bar: Mildly Dry
Description:
General: I still rank us as mildly dry, based on my stats.  We should have 1.53" of liquid at this point, and have had 1.78", which is slightly higher.  That having been said, we expect to have a total of 18.75" (sd = 6.35) during the water year, and we are currently at 13.94.  This puts us close to 1 sd below the mean.  We expect another ~4.8" before the end of the water year, so there's hope to get closer to the average if, for some reason, our weather pattern resumes normalcy.
Agriculture:  Crops are finally starting to appear.
Energy:  We're easily producing over 3 times what we use:  94.27 kWHR produced, 24.72 kWHR used.
Fire: Pocatello lists our risk as high at this point.
Plants/wildlife:  Two years ago we logged when each bird or mammal was seen up here, and I've pasted that below.  The ones with asterisks are ones we've seen/heard so far this year.  I think the most striking thing is how few

General: I still rank us as mildly dry, based on my stats.  We should have 1.53" of liquid at this point, and have had 1.78", which is slightly higher.  That having been said, we expect to have a total of 18.75" (sd = 6.35) during the water year, and we are currently at 13.94.  This puts us close to 1 sd below the mean.  We expect another ~4.8" before the end of the water year, so there's hope to get closer to the average if, for some reason, our weather pattern resumes normalcy.
Agriculture:  Crops are finally starting to appear.
Energy:  We're easily producing over 3 times what we use:  94.27 kWHR produced, 24.72 kWHR used.
Fire: Pocatello lists our risk as high at this point.
Plants/wildlife:  Two years ago we logged when each bird or mammal was seen up here, and I've pasted that below.  The ones with asterisks are ones we've seen/heard so far this year.  I think the most striking thing is how few creatures there.  This truly is a portent of Rachel Carson's silent spring.  Typically, when we'd take a walk at this time of year, it would be a cacophony of birds.  We can count each bird now, they are so few. 

mule deer*
fox
coyotes*
signs of beaver (pond on Buckskin) *
first whistle pigs (ground squirrel) *
hairy woodpecker 
mountain bluebirds.
American Crow* 
Black-billed Magpie* 
Common Raven* 
Red-winged Blackbird* 
Bullock’s Oriole 
American Robin* 
Black-capped Chickadee* 
Pine Grosbeak (maybe)  
Dark-eyed Junco*
Northern Flicker* 
Downy Woodpecker* 
Starling* 
Pigeon* 
Sandhill Crane* 
Wild Turkey* 
Great horned owl*
Turkey Vulture (maybe)*
Western Meadowlark*
Mallard Duck* 
Snow Goose 
Canada Goose* 
Red-tailed Hawk* 
Cooper’s Hawk* 
Sharp-tailed Grouse* 
Ring-necked Pheasant*
Song Sparrow*
Bald eagle* 
Pine Siskin*
Killdeer* 
Hairy Woodpecker*
Gray Partridge* 
Mountain Bluebird 
The bug list 
Lotus butts*
Ladybugs*
carpet beetles
oat bugs*
flies*
paper wasps*
moths*
earth worms*
hobo spiders*
terrestrial garter snake*
Goldfinch*
European collared dove*
Mourning dove*
Wren*

Water:  This is obviously an issue.
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