FOSTER BRANCH NEAR JOPPATOWNE, MD
FOSTER BRANCH MD USGS
FOSTER BRANCH NEAR JOPPATOWNE, MD (01585075) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the FOSTER BRANCH 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. 52 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01585075
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 39.4085, -76.3426
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyFoster Branch Near Joppatowne, MD has 52 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), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Bay Anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli), and 47 others.
- Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli
- 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
- Blue Ridge Sculpin Cottus caeruleomentum
- 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
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- 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
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina
- Atlantic Croaker Micropogonias undulatus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Chesapeake Logperch Percina bimaculata
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
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
- 52 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Oct 10, 2019 – Jul 19, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records