NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR CUMBERLAND, MD
NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER MD USGS
NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR CUMBERLAND, MD (01603000) 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. 23 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01603000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 39.6218, -78.7734
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachNorth Branch Potomac River Near Cumberland, MD has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 14363552). The dataset includes 23 species with recorded observations.
Species include: rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), american eel (Anguilla rostrata), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 18 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Eastern Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
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
- 23 species
- from 23 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 8, 1993 – Jul 8, 1993
- 23 dated records