South Branch Raritan River near High Bridge NJ
South Branch Raritan River NJ USGS
South Branch Raritan River near High Bridge NJ (01396500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the South Branch Raritan 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. 15 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01396500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NJ
- Coordinates
- 40.6778, -74.8792
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachSouth Branch Raritan River near High Bridge NJ has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 9513810). The dataset includes 15 species with recorded observations.
Species include: american eel (Anguilla rostrata), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi), redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus), bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), and 10 others.
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled at this station's reach
- Fish were sampled directly on the river reach this gauge sits on, so these species were recorded at this spot rather than inferred.
- Records
- 15 species
- from 15 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 20, 2015 – Jul 20, 2015
- 15 dated records
Sources
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