Fishing Creek at Mountaindale, MD
Fishing Creek MD USGS
Fishing Creek at Mountaindale, MD (01641501) is a real-time river monitoring station on the Fishing Creek in MD, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 40 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01641501
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 39.5254, -77.4620
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyFishing Creek At Mountaindale, Md has 40 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Rosyside Dace (Clinostomus funduloides), and 35 others.
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Blue Ridge Sculpin Cottus caeruleomentum
- Potomac Sculpin Cottus girardi
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Silverjaw Minnow Ericymba buccata
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Allegheny Pearl Dace Margariscus margarita
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Salvelinus fontinalis fontinalis
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, European Carp). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 40 species
- from 194 individual records
- Observed
- Apr 18, 2016 – Jul 23, 2026
- 194 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 194 records