Chipuxet River at West Kingston, RI
Chipuxet River RI USGS
Chipuxet River at West Kingston, RI (01117350) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Chipuxet River in RI, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 60 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01117350
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- RI
- Coordinates
- 41.4822, -71.5512
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyChipuxet River at West Kingston, RI has 60 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris), Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Fourspine Stickleback (Apeltes quadracus), Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), and 55 others.
- Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Fourspine Stickleback Apeltes quadracus
- Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
- Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
- Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata
- Spotfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon ocellatus
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Atlantic Herring Clupea harengus
- American Conger Conger oceanicus
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- Fourbeard Rockling Enchelyopus cimbrius
- American Pickerel Esox americanus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Atlantic Bluespotted Cornetfish Fistularia tabacaria
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Northern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus
- Striped Killifish Fundulus majalis
- Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua
- Ballyhoo Hemiramphus brasiliensis
- Northern Seahorse Hippocampus erectus
- Snowy Grouper Hyporthodus niveatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
- Northern Kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- White Mullet Mugil curema
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau
- Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Rock Gunnel Pholis gunnellus
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Northern Searobin Prionotus carolinus
- Striped Searobin Prionotus evolans
- Short Bigeye Pristigenys alta
- Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Salmons And Trouts Salmoninae
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Round Sardinella Sardinella aurita
- Bigeye Scad Selar crumenophthalmus
- Lookdown Selene vomer
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Northern Puffer Sphoeroides maculatus
- Scup Stenotomus chrysops
- Northern Pipefish Syngnathus fuscus
- Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
- Tautog Tautoga onitis
- Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus
- Permit Trachinotus falcatus
- Red Hake Urophycis chuss
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Northern Snakehead). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 60 species
- from 187 individual records
- Observed
- Jan 10, 2010 – Jul 19, 2026
- 187 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 187 records