Hackensack River at New Milford NJ
Hackensack River NJ USGS
Hackensack River at New Milford NJ (01378500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Hackensack River in NJ, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 45 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01378500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NJ
- Coordinates
- 40.9483, -74.0267
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyHackensack River at New Milford NJ has 45 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), and 40 others.
- Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- American Pickerel Esox americanus
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Northern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Oriental Weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
- White Perch Morone americana
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Blackcheek Tonguefish Symphurus plagiusa
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Grass Carp, 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
- 45 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Apr 30, 2022 – Jul 17, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records