Toad Detour Predictor Page for the Roxborough Reservoir

TLDR: Come at sunset with a good flashlight to Port Royal and Hagys Mill Road

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Forward toad crossings predicted to be (mostly) complete on 2024-04-17. On this day Last day? and the days beyond All done? the forecast is cutoff arbitrarily because a certain number have been predicted for the season. This is just a guess. (There will still be toads returning to the woods from the reservoir.)

SummaryDate /
Time
Weather @ SundownMoon
Phase
Pred-
iction
A few toads Wednesday April 24th
7:50 PM
60 / Partly Cloudy
Wind: 10 mph
No moon
35 toads
No toads Thursday April 25th
7:51 PM
52 / Mostly Clear
Wind: 5 mph
No moon
0 toads
No toads Friday April 26th
7:52 PM
54 / Mostly Clear
Wind: 5 mph
No moon
0 toads
No toads Saturday April 27th
7:53 PM
55 / Mostly Cloudy
Wind: 10 mph
No moon
0 toads
All done? Sunday April 28th
7:54 PM
71 / Partly Cloudy
Wind: 10 mph
No moon
0 toads
All done? Monday April 29th
7:55 PM
75 / Partly Cloudy
Wind: 10 mph
No moon
0 toads
All done? Tuesday April 30th
7:56 PM
71 / Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind: 10 mph
No moon
100 toads

Click on an above date for forecast details. Forecast is how many American Toads a fully staffed detour night would count in the two hours after sunset.


The below table shows past days and the number of toads seen. Note, on Feb 28th, the original forecast was 290 toads. Then as the forecast got colder, it changed to 90, then right at dark the forecast went all the way down to 0. I consider this a "win" for the predictor because it did correctly predict the first toad night, sort-of.

Weather error

Weather error

Date Live
Toads
Dead
Toads
Live
Frogs
Dead
Frogs
2024-02-27 0 0 0 0
2024-02-28 14 8 3 2
2024-03-06 29 6 2 1
2024-03-13 0 0 0 0
2024-03-14 33 1 0 0
2024-03-15 18 1 1 1
2024-03-30 26 10 3 0
2024-04-01 2 0 0 0
2024-04-09 413 25 16 0
2024-04-10 180 10 2 0
2024-04-11 254 12 4 0
2024-04-12 21 2 2 0
2024-04-14 8 0 0 0
2024-04-15 4 0 0 0
2024-04-16 1 0 0 0
2024-04-17 28 1 0 0
TotalDays Live Toads Dead Toads Live Frogs Dead Frogs
16 1031 76 33 4

Live

Dead

Save Ratio

Toads10317693%
Frogs334
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