LIMESTONE BRANCH NEAR LEESBURG, VA
LIMESTONE BRANCH VA USGS
LIMESTONE BRANCH NEAR LEESBURG, VA (01643590) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the LIMESTONE BRANCH in VA, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 45 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01643590
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- VA
- Coordinates
- 39.1676, -77.5359
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyLimestone Branch Near Leesburg, VA has 45 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), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), Potomac Sculpin (Cottus girardi), and 40 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- Potomac Sculpin Cottus girardi
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Redbreast Sunfish × Bluegill Lepomis auritus × macrochirus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Bluegill × Redear Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × microlophus
- Longear Sunfish Complex Lepomis megalotis
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
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
- 45 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 31, 2021 – Jul 5, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records