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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592050       ROBINSON CREEK NEAR SHELBYVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°24'21", long 88°53'47" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.17, T.11 N., R.3 E., Shelby County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 16, 0.1 mi downstream from Mud Creek, 4.5 mi west of Shelbyville, and at mile 9.1.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 93.1 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1979 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. Gage-height record for June 22, 1973 to Sept. 30, 1979, available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 550.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) (549.71 ft NAVD 1988).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 11,300 ft3/s, May 2, 1983, gage height, 13.37 ft; maximum gage height, 14.92 ft, Sept. 23, 1993, discharge, 10,700 ft3/s; no flow for many days in 1982-85, 1988-89, 1991.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of June 28, 1957, reached a stage of 16.8 ft, present site and datum, with a discharge estimated at 26,400 ft3/s.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.11 46  745  e74  44  51  39  19  12    1.4   0.57 0.43
2 0.11 196  303  e110  52  45  39  17  12    1.3   0.54 0.42
3 0.09 118  169  564  61  43  36  17  13    1.2   0.53 0.41
4 0.08 108  131  713  66  43  35  16  13    1.2   0.52 0.40
5 0.09 91  105  2530  122  42  34  16  11    16      0.59 0.42
 
6 0.13 72  106  1920  179  38  33  15  9.5 7.4   0.63 0.40
7 0.23 59  2190  529  441  41  33  15  8.2 3.5   0.63 0.43
8 0.28 44  1190  274  611  37  30  15  7.7 2.1   0.54 0.43
9 0.54 36  434  245  327  32  28  15  8.0 1.6   0.53 0.44
10 0.57 34  299  338  219  32  28  15  7.8 1.3   0.48 0.49
 
11 0.52 49  267  469  139  35  27  15  8.0 1.1   0.46 0.51
12 0.63 109  227  624  140  33  45  23  7.9 1.9   0.45 0.49
13 0.96 74  199  2640  463  30  92  25  7.9 2.0   0.52 0.48
14 1.5   55  155  1230  1050  27  49  21  11    1.8   0.69 0.51
15 2.0   47  142  298  389  26  38  18  8.3 1.7   0.85 0.61
 
16 1.6   42  145  175  269  26  32  16  7.0 4.8   0.61 0.64
17 1.4   39  180  139  172  27  31  15  5.6 2.5   0.54 0.58
18 51      37  183  111  118  27  30  15  4.8 1.7   0.52 0.47
19 281      50  155  99  94  27  28  52  4.3 1.8   0.54 0.39
20 75      66  132  92  96  25  27  54  3.7 1.5   0.47 0.49
 
21 42      53  167  e80  99  23  26  31  3.2 1.2   0.49 0.37
22 28      47  119  e72  83  29  29  24  3.1 0.99 0.46 0.23
23 29      46  e96  70  73  100  27  21  3.8 0.86 0.42 0.19
24 57      219  e88  63  71  94  23  18  4.1 0.78 0.40 0.14
25 39      518  e80  e59  65  104  23  16  7.3 0.68 0.42 0.45
 
26 39      211  e76  e56  60  118  24  15  2.9 0.70 0.46 0.35
27 142      331  e72  e53  56  87  23  15  2.2 0.93 0.51 0.09
28 92      458  e69  51  58  74  20  14  1.9 0.70 0.50 0.12
29 66      197  e67  56  ---  59  20  13  1.7 0.60 0.45 0.55
30 55      377  e66  53  ---  53  21  13  1.6 0.58 0.44 0.22
 
31 44      ---  e66  47  ---  47  ---  13  ---    0.54 0.43 ---     

TOTAL 1050.84 3829 8423 13834 5617 1475 970 607 202.5 66.36 16.19 12.15
MEAN 33.9 128 272 446 201 47.6 32.3 19.6 6.75 2.14 0.52 0.41
MAX 281 518 2190 2640 1050 118 92 54 13 16 0.85 0.64
MIN 0.08 34 66 47 44 23 20 13 1.6 0.54 0.40 0.09
CFSM 0.36 1.37 2.92 4.79 2.15 0.51 0.35 0.21 0.07 0.02 0.01 0.00
IN. 0.42 1.53 3.37 5.53 2.24 0.59 0.39 0.24 0.08 0.03 0.01 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 25.3 61.7 111 106 144 118 129 161 92.0 27.0 16.6 37.6
MAX 208 305 480 446 874 332 460 827 348 187 227 633
(WY) 2001 1986 1983 2005 1982 1998 1994 2002 2001 1993 1981 1993
MIN 0.17 0.51 0.24 0.47 1.87 3.91 3.43 10.9 1.84 1.04 0.30 0.06
(WY) 1998 2000 1990 2000 2000 2000 2000 1988 1988 1991 1988 1983

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 32435.04   36103.04
ANNUAL MEAN 88.6     98.9   85.3        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 166            2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 10.7         1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2190            Dec 7 2640          Jan 13 7460            Sep 23 1993
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.07       Sep 26 0.08     Oct 4 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.10       Sep 22 0.12     Oct 1 0.00       Sep 4 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3800          Jan 13 11300        B May 2 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 11.63     Jan 13 14.92   C Sep 23 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.04     Oct 4
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.952 1.06 0.916    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.96   14.43 12.45      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 186        204      162           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 36        27      19           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.51   0.46 0.35      

A - Many days in 1982-85, 1988-89, 1991.

B - Gage height, 13.37 ft.

C - Discharge, 10,700 ft3/s.


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