S F SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NR MOOREFIELD, WV
S F SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER WV USGS
S F SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NR MOOREFIELD, WV (01608000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the S F SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER in WV, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 22 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01608000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- WV
- Coordinates
- 39.0123, -78.9561
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachS F South Branch Potomac River Nr Moorefield, WV has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 8420098). The dataset includes 22 species with recorded observations.
Species include: rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii), spotfin shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera), greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides), and 17 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- 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
- 22 species
- from 22 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 18, 1993 – Aug 18, 1993
- 22 dated records