SAMPAWAMS CREEK AT BABYLON NY
SAMPAWAMS CREEK NY USGS
SAMPAWAMS CREEK AT BABYLON NY (01308000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SAMPAWAMS CREEK in NY, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 67 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01308000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- NY
- Coordinates
- 40.7044, -73.3136
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Fishing regulations
NY state-wide default defaultDefault area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.
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American Eel Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 25
- Size rule
- 9"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Yellow Perch Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 50
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Agujon Needlefish No season data
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Amur Carp No season data
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Atlantic Herring No season data
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Atlantic Mackerel No season data
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Atlantic Menhaden No season data
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Atlantic Needlefish No season data
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Atlantic Silverside No season data
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Atlantic Tomcod No season data
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Black Sea Bass No season data
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Blackcheek Tonguefish No season data
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Bluefish No season data
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Bluegill No season data
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Brown Bullhead No season data
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Buffalo Trunkfish No season data
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Cigar Minnow No season data
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Cobia No season data
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Common Dolphinfish No season data
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Cunner No season data
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Eastern Mudminnow No season data
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European Carp No season data
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Fathead Minnow No season data
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Florida Pompano No season data
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Fourspine Stickleback No season data
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Goldfish No season data
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Green Sunfish No season data
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Honeycomb Cowfish No season data
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Houndfish No season data
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Largemouth Bass No season data
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Mummichog No season data
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Northern Kingfish No season data
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Northern Mummichog No season data
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Northern Pipefish No season data
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Northern Puffer No season data
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Northern Sand Lance No season data
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Northern Seahorse No season data
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Northern Searobin No season data
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Northern Sennet No season data
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Northern Stargazer No season data
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Oyster Toadfish No season data
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Permit No season data
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Pollock No season data
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Pumpkinseed No season data
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Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish No season data
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Rainbow Trout No season data
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Rainwater Killifish No season data
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Rough Scad No season data
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Rough Silverside No season data
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Round Sardinella No season data
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Scup No season data
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Seaboard Goby No season data
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Sheepshead Minnow No season data
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Short Bigeye No season data
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Silver Perch No season data
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Spotfin Butterflyfish No season data
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Spotted Hake No season data
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Striped Bass No season data
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Striped Burrfish No season data
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Striped Killifish No season data
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Striped Searobin No season data
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Summer Flounder No season data
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Tautog No season data
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Threespine Stickleback No season data
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Windowpane Flounder No season data
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Winter Flounder No season data
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Yellowbelly Pirate Perch No season data
Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-09-11 in America/New_York
Regulations shown are for reference only and may not reflect in-season changes. Always verify current regulations with the New York Freshwater Fishing Regulations before fishing.
Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbySampawams Creek At Babylon NY has 67 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Honeycomb Cowfish (Acanthostracion polygonium), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Northern Sand Lance (Ammodytes dubius), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Fourspine Stickleback (Apeltes quadracus), and 62 others.
- Honeycomb Cowfish Acanthostracion polygonium
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Northern Sand Lance Ammodytes dubius
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Fourspine Stickleback Apeltes quadracus
- Yellowbelly Pirate Perch Aphredoderus sayanus
- Northern Stargazer Astroscopus guttatus
- Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
- Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata
- Spotfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon ocellatus
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Atlantic Herring Clupea harengus
- Common Dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Cigar Minnow Decapterus punctatus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Northern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus
- Striped Killifish Fundulus majalis
- Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
- Seaboard Goby Gobiosoma ginsburgi
- Northern Seahorse Hippocampus erectus
- Buffalo Trunkfish Lactophrys trigonus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Rainwater Killifish Lucania parva
- Rough Silverside Membras martinica
- Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
- Northern Kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis
- Atlantic Tomcod Microgadus tomcod
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau
- Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Pollock Pollachius virens
- Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix
- Northern Searobin Prionotus carolinus
- Striped Searobin Prionotus evolans
- Short Bigeye Pristigenys alta
- Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus
- Cobia Rachycentron canadum
- Round Sardinella Sardinella aurita
- Atlantic Mackerel Scomber scombrus
- Windowpane Flounder Scophthalmus aquosus
- Northern Puffer Sphoeroides maculatus
- Northern Sennet Sphyraena borealis
- Scup Stenotomus chrysops
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Blackcheek Tonguefish Symphurus plagiusa
- Northern Pipefish Syngnathus fuscus
- Tautog Tautoga onitis
- Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus
- Florida Pompano Trachinotus carolinus
- Permit Trachinotus falcatus
- Rough Scad Trachurus lathami
- Agujon Needlefish Tylosurus acus
- Houndfish Tylosurus crocodilus
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
- Spotted Hake Urophycis regia
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, 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
- 67 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 27, 2025 – Jul 13, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records