PATAPSCO RIVER NEAR ELKRIDGE, MD
PATAPSCO RIVER MD USGS
PATAPSCO RIVER NEAR ELKRIDGE, MD (01589035) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the PATAPSCO RIVER 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. 37 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01589035
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 39.2273, -76.7230
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyPatapsco River Near Elkridge, MD 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), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Bay Anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), and 32 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Southern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Northern Snakehead). 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 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 14, 2024 – Jul 13, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records