BUFFALO CREEK NEAR HAMPDEN SYDNEY, VA
BUFFALO CREEK VA USGS
BUFFALO CREEK NEAR HAMPDEN SYDNEY, VA (02039000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the BUFFALO CREEK 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. 39 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02039000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- VA
- Coordinates
- 37.2571, -78.4864
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyBuffalo Creek Near Hampden Sydney, VA 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: Bullheads (Ameiurus), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Blackstripe Pirate Perch (Aphredoderus ornatus), and 34 others.
- Bullheads Ameiurus
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Blackstripe Pirate Perch Aphredoderus ornatus
- Flier Centrarchus macropterus
- Mountain Redbelly Dace Chrosomus oreas
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Blue-Spotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
- Eastern Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Glassy Darter Etheostoma vitreum
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Warmouth × Bluegill Lepomis gulosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Bluegill × Redear Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × microlophus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Torrent Sucker Thoburnia rhothoeca
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (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
- 39 species
- from 155 individual records
- Observed
- May 30, 2014 – Apr 24, 2026
- 155 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 155 records