French Creek near Phoenixville, PA
French Creek PA USGS
French Creek near Phoenixville, PA (01472157) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the French Creek in PA, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 22 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01472157
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 40.1515, -75.6013
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachFrench Creek near Phoenixville, PA has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 4782153). The dataset includes 22 species with recorded observations.
Species include: rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), spotfin shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera), tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi), and 17 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Swallowtail Shiner Notropis procne
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Shield Darter Percina peltata
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
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
- 22 species
- from 22 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 28, 2007 – Aug 28, 2007
- 22 dated records
Sources
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