Conestoga River at Lancaster, PA
Conestoga River PA USGS
Conestoga River at Lancaster, PA (01576500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Conestoga River 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. 37 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01576500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 40.0501, -76.2772
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyConestoga River at Lancaster, PA has 37 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Bullheads (Ameiurus), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), and 32 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Bullheads Ameiurus
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, 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
- 37 species
- from 136 individual records
- Observed
- May 24, 2009 – Jul 19, 2026
- 136 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 136 records