POTOMAC RIVER AT SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV
POTOMAC RIVER WV USGS
POTOMAC RIVER AT SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV (01618000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the 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. 34 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01618000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- WV
- Coordinates
- 39.4347, -77.8014
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyPotomac River At Shepherdstown, WV has 34 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), Freshwater Sculpins (Cottus), Blue Ridge Sculpin (Cottus caeruleomentum), Satinfin Shiner (Cyprinella analostana), Spotfin Shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera), and 29 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Freshwater Sculpins Cottus
- Blue Ridge Sculpin Cottus caeruleomentum
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Allegheny Pearl Dace Margariscus margarita
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- 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
- 34 species
- from 90 individual records
- Observed
- Apr 14, 2013 – Jul 8, 2026
- 90 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 90 records