Data used to assess variation in annual survival, population size, and temporary emigration with a robust design model for painted turtles in a pond near Keystone, NE during 2005-2016. Analyses to be published in a manuscript entitled Drought influences annual survival of painted turtles in western Nebraska. Information on captures of individuals of painted turtles (each row is a record of capture through time of a distinct individual). File was developed to create an input file for Program MARK or RMark for robust design analysis.