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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 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1e0.63e3.2  1.3  e27     e1.2e12   e12   e2.412   4.5  2.7  1770     
2e0.60e2.4  1.3  e13     e2.3e14   e10   e3.311   4.1  23     692     
3e0.62e1.7  1.2  e7.0  e5.0e12   e9.0e3.013   3.7  18     62     
40.62e1.6  1.2  e4.5  e3.9e15   e11   e4.812   3.3  1.3  e25     
50.45e1.6  e1.1  e3.2  e2.4e18   e17   94   11   2.8  0.64e14     
 
60.54e1.4  e1.1  e3.4  e1.6e14   e14   35   10   2.6  0.44e10     
70.79e1.6  e1.1  e2.8  e1.1e11   e11   38   13   2.4  0.31e7.4  
8e0.70e1.6  e1.0  e3.0  e1.1e9.0e9.533   11   2.3  0.27e5.7  
9e0.62e1.7  e1.0  e2.6  1.2e6.8e7.029   8.62.7  0.19e4.6  
10e0.66e2.1  e1.0  e2.0  1.4e5.5e8.6522   8.963     0.16e3.7  
 
11e0.84e2.1  e0.94e1.5  1.4e10   e7.0449   9.518     0.15e3.1  
12e1.0  e1.6  e0.94e1.1  1.3e17   e5.296   59   9.1  0.10e2.5  
13e0.87e1.5  e0.88e1.1  1.335   e4.455   44   4.9  0.06e2.2  
14e0.82e1.5  e0.88e1.0  1.532   e4.043   149   3.0  0.02e1.9  
15e0.84e1.3  e0.95e0.9631   e22   e3.736   49   2.4  0.05e1.7  
 
16e0.74e1.2  e1.0  e0.94e23   e16   e3.532   33   2.0  0.10e1.5  
17e0.78e1.1  e1.1  e0.92e17   e20   e5.028   25   2.0  0.18e1.3  
18e0.74e1.0  e10     e0.86e14   e25   e7.026   20   45     0.25e1.2  
19e1.2  e0.94e20     e0.8249   e30   e5.225   18   14     0.43e1.5  
20e1.0  e0.90e9.0  e0.8052   40   e8.266   32   3.2  e0.24e2.2  
 
21e0.900.95e5.4  e0.76e32   37   e5.045   21   1.6  e0.16e1.6  
22e0.861.0  e3.3  e0.70e22   e29   e3.230   17   1.2  e0.10e1.3  
23e1.0  1.0  e2.4  e0.6537   e23   e2.225   13   1.1  e0.18e1.0  
24e1.6  1.0  e2.0  e0.6126   e19   e2.023   11   0.97e0.23e0.90
25e5.0  1.1  e1.8  e0.5620   e15   e2.422   9.40.99e0.13e1.4  
 
26e4.0  1.2  e1.6  e0.52e14   e14   e2.220   11   0.91e0.09e4.5  
27e2.7  1.2  e1.5  e0.54e12   e15   e1.919   10   1.1  e0.04e8.0  
28e2.1  1.2  e1.5  e0.56e10   e18   e1.859   7.86.0  e0.01e4.0  
29e2.4  1.3  e1.6  e0.58---   26   e2.052   6.31.8  e0.00e2.4  
30e4.5  1.2  e20     e0.63---   21   e1.819   5.31.9  e0.10e2.0  
 
31e4.1  ---     e30     e0.80---   e16   ---   15   ---   2.7  e2.0  ---     

TOTAL44.2243.19128.0985.41385.7597.3186.81949.5660.8215.2751.632640.60
MEAN1.431.444.132.7613.819.36.2362.922.06.941.6788.0
MAX5.03.2302752401752214963231770
MIN0.450.900.880.521.15.51.82.45.30.910.000.90
CFSM0.020.020.040.030.150.210.070.680.240.070.020.95
IN.0.020.020.050.030.150.240.070.780.260.090.021.06

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN25.957.310688.314411713617198.728.517.940.7
MAX208305480343874332460827348187227633
(WY)200119861983198219821998199420022001199319811993
MIN0.170.510.240.471.873.913.4310.91.841.040.300.065
(WY)199820001990200020002000200019881988199119881983

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1980 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL55706.51    6988.51    
ANNUAL MEAN153         19.1      85.5      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN166         2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN10.7      1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN4180             May 121770             Sep 17460         Sep 23 1993
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.20 A    Sep 12, 130.00 B    Aug 290.00    C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.21 A    Sep 70.09 B    Aug 240.00    Sep 4 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2700             Sep 111300      DMay 2 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE11.08        Sep 114.92 ESep 23 1993
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.64    0.21    0.92    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)22.26    2.79    12.48    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS354         30         162         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS18         2.7      18         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.60    0.62    0.34    

A - Estimated, but may have been less during periods of estimated discharges in August and September.

B - Estimated.

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

D - Gage height, 13.37 ft.

E - Discharge, 10,700 ft3/s.



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