Patuxent River below Brighton Dam near Brighton MD

PATUXENT RIVER MD USGS

Patuxent River below Brighton Dam near Brighton MD (01591610) is a real-time river monitoring station on the PATUXENT RIVER in MD, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level, and streamflow and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 4 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.

USGS site number
01591610
Operated by
U.S. Geological Survey
State
MD
Coordinates
39.1922, -77.0044

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Fish recorded near this station

Sampled at this station's reach

Patuxent River below Brighton Dam near Brighton MD has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 11907330). The dataset includes 4 species with recorded observations.

Species include: yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), blue ridge sculpin (Cottus caeruleomentum), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), white crappie (Pomoxis annularis).

Where these records come from

Evidence
Sampled at this station's reach
Fish were sampled directly on the river reach this gauge sits on, so these species were recorded at this spot rather than inferred.
Records
4 species
from 4 individual records
Observed
Oct 20, 2005 – Oct 20, 2005
4 dated records

Sources