USGS CD-ROM: Current Year Discharge

05592050 ROBINSON CREEK NEAR SHELBYVILLE, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 39°24'21", long 88°53'47", in NW¼NW¼ 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.