RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER NEAR FREDERICKSBURG, VA
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER VA USGS
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER NEAR FREDERICKSBURG, VA (01668000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER 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. 42 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01668000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- VA
- Coordinates
- 38.3085, -77.5292
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyRappahannock River Near Fredericksburg, VA 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), American Shad (Alosa sapidissima), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 37 others.
- Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
- American Shad Alosa sapidissima
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Rappahannock Darter Etheostoma vexillare
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Eastern Silvery Minnow Hybognathus regius
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Northern Snakehead, Grass 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 179 individual records
- Observed
- Oct 6, 2016 – Jun 20, 2026
- 179 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 179 records