BIG ELK CREEK AT ELK MILLS, MD
BIG ELK CREEK MD USGS
BIG ELK CREEK AT ELK MILLS, MD (01495000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the BIG ELK 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. 40 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01495000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 39.6676, -75.8256
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyBig Elk Creek At Elk Mills, MD has 40 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Blueback Shad (Alosa aestivalis), Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), and 35 others.
- Blueback Shad Alosa aestivalis
- Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Blue Ridge Sculpin Cottus caeruleomentum
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Common × Rosyface Shiner Luxilus cornutus × Notropis rubellus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- White Perch Morone americana
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 40 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 14, 2024 – Jul 15, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records