SHELLPOT CREEK AT WILMINGTON, DE
SHELLPOT CREEK DE USGS
SHELLPOT CREEK AT WILMINGTON, DE (01477800) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SHELLPOT CREEK in DE, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 53 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01477800
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- DE
- Coordinates
- 39.7610, -75.5187
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyShellpot Creek At Wilmington, DE has 53 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), Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris), American Shad (Alosa sapidissima), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), and 48 others.
- Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus
- Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
- American Shad Alosa sapidissima
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Southern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Eastern Silvery Minnow Hybognathus regius
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
4 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Northern Snakehead, 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
- 53 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 1, 2020 – Jul 10, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records