SWAN CREEK AT SWAN CREEK, MD
SWAN CREEK MD USGS
SWAN CREEK AT SWAN CREEK, MD (01580700) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SWAN 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. 47 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01580700
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 39.5226, -76.1423
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbySwan Creek At Swan Creek, MD has 47 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: American Shad (Alosa sapidissima), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Atlantic Crevalle Jack (Caranx hippos), and 42 others.
- American Shad Alosa sapidissima
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Blue Ridge Sculpin Cottus caeruleomentum
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Eastern Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
- Muskellunge Esox masquinongy
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Redbreast Sunfish × Bluegill Lepomis auritus × macrochirus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- 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
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Shield Darter Percina peltata
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, 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
- 47 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 30, 2018 – Jul 19, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records