PISCATAWAY CREEK AT PISCATAWAY, MD
PISCATAWAY CREEK MD USGS
PISCATAWAY CREEK AT PISCATAWAY, MD (01653600) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the PISCATAWAY CREEK 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. 54 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01653600
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 38.7058, -76.9662
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyPiscataway Creek At Piscataway, MD has 54 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: American Shad (Alosa sapidissima), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Grey Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), and 49 others.
- American Shad Alosa sapidissima
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Grey Triggerfish Balistes capriscus
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- Flier Centrarchus macropterus
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- European Carp × Goldfish Cyprinus carpio × Carassius auratus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense
- Blue-Spotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
- Eastern Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- 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
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Jack Dempsey Rocio octofasciata
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
- Red Hake Urophycis chuss
4 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Northern Snakehead, European Carp, Blue Tilapia). 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
- 54 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Mar 25, 2022 – Jun 21, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records