POTOMAC RIVER AT EDWARDS FERRY NEAR POOLESVILLE,MD
POTOMAC RIVER MD USGS
POTOMAC RIVER AT EDWARDS FERRY NEAR POOLESVILLE,MD (01644148) is a real-time river monitoring station on the POTOMAC RIVER 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. 50 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01644148
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 39.0986, -77.4713
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyPotomac River At Edwards Ferry Near Poolesville,Md has 50 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), Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), and 45 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Potomac Sculpin Cottus girardi
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Silverjaw Minnow Ericymba buccata
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Bluegill × Redear Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × microlophus
- Longear Sunfish Complex Lepomis megalotis
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- 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
4 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Northern Snakehead, Grass Carp, 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
- 50 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 9, 2024 – Aug 9, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records