ROCK CREEK AT JOYCE RD WASHINGTON, DC
ROCK CREEK DC USGS
ROCK CREEK AT JOYCE RD WASHINGTON, DC (01648010) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the ROCK CREEK in DC, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 42 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01648010
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- DC
- Coordinates
- 38.9602, -77.0421
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyRock Creek at Joyce Rd Washington, DC has 42 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris), Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), American Shad (Alosa sapidissima), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), and 37 others.
- Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
- American Shad Alosa sapidissima
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- European Carp × Goldfish Cyprinus carpio × Carassius auratus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Southern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- White Perch Morone americana
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Three Spot Gourami Trichopodus trichopterus
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
- 42 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Mar 5, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records