Pawcatuck River at Wood River Junction, RI
Pawcatuck River RI USGS
Pawcatuck River at Wood River Junction, RI (01117500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Pawcatuck 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. 44 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01117500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- RI
- Coordinates
- 41.4450, -71.6809
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyPawcatuck River at Wood River Junction, RI has 44 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Fourspine Stickleback (Apeltes quadracus), Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), Atlantic Crevalle Jack (Caranx hippos), and 39 others.
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- 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
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Northern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus
- Striped Killifish Fundulus majalis
- Seaboard Goby Gobiosoma ginsburgi
- Snowy Grouper Hyporthodus niveatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Rainwater Killifish Lucania parva
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- White Mullet Mugil curema
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatus
- Butterfish Peprilus triacanthus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus
- Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Northern Puffer Sphoeroides maculatus
- Scup Stenotomus chrysops
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Northern Pipefish Syngnathus fuscus
- Tautog Tautoga onitis
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 44 species
- from 160 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 21, 2011 – Apr 23, 2026
- 160 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 160 records