QUINEBAUG RIVER AT WEST THOMPSON, CT
QUINEBAUG RIVER CT USGS
QUINEBAUG RIVER AT WEST THOMPSON, CT (01124151) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the QUINEBAUG RIVER in CT, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 18 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01124151
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- CT
- Coordinates
- 41.9436, -71.8996
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyQuinebaug River At West Thompson, CT has 18 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), European Carp (Cyprinus carpio), Chain Pickerel (Esox niger), Northern Tessellated Darter (Etheostoma olmstedi), and 13 others.
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (European Carp). 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
- 18 species
- from 46 individual records
- Observed
- May 15, 2019 – Apr 28, 2026
- 46 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 46 records