NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT LUKE, MD
NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER MD USGS
NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT LUKE, MD (01598500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC 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. 24 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01598500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 39.4790, -79.0638
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyNorth Branch Potomac River At Luke, MD has 24 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), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Rosyside Dace (Clinostomus funduloides), Blue Ridge Sculpin (Cottus caeruleomentum), and 19 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Blue Ridge Sculpin Cottus caeruleomentum
- Potomac Sculpin Cottus girardi
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 24 species
- from 128 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 11, 2012 – Jun 28, 2026
- 128 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 128 records