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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592050                         ROBINSON CREEK NEAR SHELBYVILLE, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 39°24'21", long 88°53'47", 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.--October 1979 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 and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 550.00 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).

REMARKS.--Records good except those for discharges less than 1.0 ft3/s and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--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.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 e.14 e.45 48    e16  47  84  183  117  42  76    5.8 1.5  
2 e.13 e.28 23    15  41  75  132  102  39  55    4.5 1.5  
3 e.12 e.23 12    14  34  70  336  1080  34  45    4.3 1.5  
4 e.12 e.20 8.4 13  34  65  905  761  34  41    15    1.3  
5 e.11 e.35 5.5 19  36  62  299  256  50  36    332    1.1  
 
6 e.11 .73 3.7 83  34  57  184  171  36  51    61    1.0  
7 e.10 .53 2.9 79  30  55  145  235  31  214    48    .94
8 e.10 .37 2.5 843  29  255  121  263  37  139    31    .89
9 e.15 .34 2.5 589  27  586  101  153  279  63    20    .89
10 e.20 .33 4.6 191  25  259  83  118  154  59    16    .71
 
11 e.18 .31 16    124  37  140  68  97  301  43    13    .70
12 e.16 .31 17    95  41  105  62  85  508  34    7.2 .72
13 e.27 .36 11    71  32  e90  73  73  1090  31    4.6 .74
14 e.23 .46 8.7 59  31  e95  121  61  295  25    4.2 .70
15 e.21 .41 6.2 e50  29  102  212  58  212  23    4.5 .68
 
16 e.19 .35 4.8 e45  47  91  205  52  802  23    4.6 .70
17 e.18 e.31 4.6 e37  372  468  124  44  312  21    3.3 .74
18 e.17 e.27 3.9 e32  377  767  97  41  213  24    3.4 .56
19 e.17 e.25 3.2 e28  186  291  86  38  818  21    3.5 .45
20 e.16 e.24 2.6 e27  151  1640  77  36  177  16    2.8 .56
 
21 e.16 e.43 2.9 30  121  1240  78  36  147  14    2.5 .64
22 e.15 e.35 5.5 32  103  372  65  48  544  30    2.2 .62
23 e.15 e.30 29    32  89  214  59  848  538  31    2.3 .54
24 e.14 e.27 30    30  76  159  54  347  207  14    2.1 .60
25 e.14 e.28 75    28  68  134  51  184  118  9.8 1.7 .66
 
26 e.35 e.45 52    32  67  117  49  133  90  8.1 1.5 .51
27 e.25 e1.0   36    61  134  118  42  98  75  7.6 1.7 .50
28 e.22 e.60 29    87  96  1540  40  79  62  6.9 1.2 .56
29 e.20 e.45 25    77  ---  640  137  67  148  7.0 1.3 .64
30 e.18 e15      e21    59  ---  227  156  59  214  8.2 1.4 .62
 
31 e.17 ---      e18    50  ---  189  ---  52  ---  7.7 1.4 ---     

TOTAL 5.31 26.21 514.5 2948 2394 10307 4345 5792 7607 1184.3 608.0 23.77
MEAN .17 .87 16.6 95.1 85.5 332 145 187 254 38.2 19.6 .79
MAX .35 15 75 843 377 1640 905 1080 1090 214 332 1.5
MIN .10 .20 2.5 13 25 55 40 36 31 6.9 1.2 .45
CFSM .00 .01 .18 1.02 .92 3.57 1.56 2.01 2.72 .41 .21 .01
IN. .00 .01 .21 1.18 .96 4.12 1.74 2.31 3.04 .47 .24 .01

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 20.3 64.9 125 94.3 151 129 145 162 77.3 29.5 21.6 46.0
MAX 131 305 480 343 874 332 460 602 254 187 227 633
(WY) 1994 1986 1983 1982 1982 1998 1994 1996 1998 1993 1981 1993
MIN .17 .64 .24 1.75 7.00 12.9 17.7 10.9 1.84 1.04 .30 .065
(WY) 1998 1990 1990 1990 1992 1990 1986 1988 1988 1991 1988 1983

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 15781.26 35755.09
ANNUAL MEAN 43.2   98.0   88.3      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 163          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 10.7       1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1880          Feb 27 1640          Mar 20 7460          Sep 23 1993
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     A .10     B .00     C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .04     Sep 2 .11     Oct 2 .00     Sep 4 1983
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 1980          Mar 20 11300      D May 2 1983
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.54     Mar 20 14.92     Sep 23 1993
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .46 1.05 .95    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 6.31 14.29 12.88    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 93      230      169         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.2   32      20         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .18 .28 .32    
A - Sept. 4-7, estimated.
B - Oct. 7-8, estimated, but may have been less during periods of estimated discharges in Oct.
C - Many days in 1982-85, 1988-89, 1991.
D - Gage height, 13.37 ft.


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