Passaic River at Little Falls NJ
Passaic River NJ USGS
Passaic River at Little Falls NJ (01389500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Passaic 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. 43 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01389500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NJ
- Coordinates
- 40.8847, -74.2261
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyPassaic River at Little Falls NJ has 43 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula), and 38 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Alligator Gar Atractosteus spatula
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- European Carp × Goldfish Cyprinus carpio × Carassius auratus
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- 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
- Spotfin Killifish Fundulus luciae
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Eastern Silvery Minnow Hybognathus regius
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
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
- 43 species
- from 157 individual records
- Observed
- May 16, 2002 – Jul 14, 2026
- 157 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 157 records