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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).
 

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 poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 e1.7   e0.85 39  85  e25  71  164  39  37    3.1 2.4   0.64
2 e1.4   e4.0   33  73  e30  64  132  37  29    2.7 2.2   0.57
3 e1.2   e3.5   33  68  e38  54  106  31  23    2.7 1.7   0.52
4 e1.1   e2.8   35  1830  e32  527  83  27  19    3.8 1.3   0.47
5 e1.0   e2.0   37  1560  e27  1180  68  27  18    3.3 1.1   0.46
 
6 e0.90 e2.5   33  286  e28  417  62  23  18    5.0 0.99 0.45
7 e0.80 e3.5   30  124  e27  204  60  19  17    3.9 0.89 0.41
8 e0.70 e3.0   32  e85  e25  137  56  16  15    3.3 0.82 0.41
9 e0.65 e2.6   33  e64  e24  109  44  15  14    162    0.74 0.40
10 e10      e2.3   39  e55  e24  83  41  14  14    100    0.70 0.36
 
11 e6.0   e2.6   40  e49  e25  76  41  22  27    33    0.64 0.35
12 e4.0   e2.4   30  e45  e25  63  39  40  22    72    0.64 0.33
13 e3.0   e2.2   29  e42  e26  56  38  33  18    26    0.60 0.28
14 e12      e2.0   33  e40  e28  56  36  352  14    14    0.56 0.25
15 e7.0   e2.7   31  e38  e32  50  34  149  13    10    0.58 0.26
 
16 e5.0   e3.4   33  e36  e30  52  34  90  48    7.8 0.56 0.25
17 e3.5   e2.8   28  e100  e27  50  33  68  38    5.9 0.56 0.23
18 e2.8   1010      29  319  e80  46  31  57  23    4.9 0.55 0.21
19 e2.3   800      34  131  344  41  28  69  15    4.1 0.49 0.18
20 e1.9   210      26  89  439  41  29  56  12    3.4 0.98 0.15
 
21 e1.6   123      27  e66  194  40  32  47  15    3.0 0.65 0.14
22 e1.4   88      33  e56  117  35  30  41  16    2.6 0.54 0.12
23 e1.3   111      231  e51  132  37  28  38  11    2.4 0.61 0.11
24 e1.2   256      158  e46  135  40  26  53  8.8 1.9 0.65 0.10
25 e1.1   121      79  e48  103  48  34  79  7.3 2.3 0.73 0.08
 
26 e2.0   88      53  e42  89  1170  30  67  6.5 2.1 4.1   0.07
27 e1.6   70      44  e37  78  817  25  82  5.6 1.6 3.0   0.11
28 e1.8   58      46  e33  70  327  24  62  4.9 1.4 1.2   0.11
29 e1.4   50      610  e29  68  477  24  43  4.3 1.3 1.3   0.12
30 e1.2   48      264  e26  ---  296  25  77  3.7 3.1 1.2   0.13
 
31 e0.95 ---      123  e24  ---  233  ---  70  ---    4.4 0.85 ---     

TOTAL 82.50 3078.15 2325 5577 2322 6897 1437 1843 517.1 497.0 33.83 8.27
MEAN 2.66 103 75.0 180 80.1 222 47.9 59.5 17.2 16.0 1.09 0.28
MAX 12 1010 610 1830 439 1180 164 352 48 162 4.1 0.64
MIN 0.65 0.85 26 24 24 35 24 14 3.7 1.3 0.49 0.07
CFSM 0.03 1.10 0.81 1.93 0.86 2.39 0.51 0.64 0.19 0.17 0.01 0.00
IN. 0.03 1.23 0.93 2.23 0.93 2.76 0.57 0.74 0.21 0.20 0.01 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 24.9 59.1 104 91.9 141 121 133 167 95.4 28.0 17.3 39.1
MAX 208 305 480 343 874 332 460 827 348 187 227 633
(WY) 2001 1986 1983 1982 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 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 12258.66       24617.85  
ANNUAL MEAN 33.6         67.3     84.8        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 166            2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 10.7         1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1770                Sep 1 1830            Jan 4 7460            Sep 23 1993
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00   A     Aug 29 0.07       Sep 26 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.09           Aug 24 0.10       Sep 22 0.00       Sep 4 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3300            Jan 4 11300        C May 2 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 11.39       Jan 4 14.92   D Sep 23 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.04       Sep 26
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.361     0.722 0.910    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 4.90       9.84   12.37      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 48            123        160           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.3         27        18           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.70       0.59   0.35      

A - Estimated.

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

C - Gage height, 13.37 ft.

D - Discharge, 10,700 ft3/s.


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