DEAD RUN AT FRANKLINTOWN, MD
DEAD RUN MD USGS
DEAD RUN AT FRANKLINTOWN, MD (01589330) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the DEAD RUN 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. 39 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01589330
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 39.3112, -76.7166
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyDead Run At Franklintown, MD has 39 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), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Fourspine Stickleback (Apeltes quadracus), Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 34 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Fourspine Stickleback Apeltes quadracus
- Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Fundulus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Southern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Rainwater Killifish Lucania parva
- Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina
- Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
- Atlantic Croaker Micropogonias undulatus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Drum Pogonias cromis
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
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
- 39 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 29, 2025 – Jul 16, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records