PAINT BRANCH NEAR COLLEGE PARK, MD
PAINT BRANCH MD USGS
PAINT BRANCH NEAR COLLEGE PARK, MD (01649190) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the PAINT BRANCH in MD, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 39 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01649190
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 39.0334, -76.9640
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyPaint Branch Near College Park, MD has 39 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), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), and 34 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Blue Ridge Sculpin Cottus caeruleomentum
- Potomac Sculpin Cottus girardi
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Silverjaw Minnow Ericymba buccata
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Three Spot Gourami Trichopodus trichopterus
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Northern Snakehead, 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
- 39 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- May 11, 2025 – Jul 20, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records