TUCKAHOE CREEK NEAR RUTHSBURG, MD
TUCKAHOE CREEK MD USGS
TUCKAHOE CREEK NEAR RUTHSBURG, MD (01491500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the TUCKAHOE CREEK in MD, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 41 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01491500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 38.9668, -75.9431
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyTuckahoe Creek Near Ruthsburg, MD has 41 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris), Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), and 36 others.
- Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Yellowbelly Pirate Perch Aphredoderus sayanus
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense
- Blue-Spotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
- Eastern Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Swamp Darter Etheostoma fusiforme
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Southern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Bluegill × Redear Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × microlophus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- White Perch Morone americana
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Northern Snakehead, 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
- 41 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Nov 6, 2022 – Jun 10, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records