APPOMATTOX RIVER AT MATOACA, VA
APPOMATTOX RIVER VA USGS
APPOMATTOX RIVER AT MATOACA, VA (02041650) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the APPOMATTOX 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. 41 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02041650
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- VA
- Coordinates
- 37.2252, -77.4753
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyAppomattox River At Matoaca, VA has 41 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), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Blackstripe Pirate Perch (Aphredoderus ornatus), Flier (Centrarchus macropterus), and 36 others.
- Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Blackstripe Pirate Perch Aphredoderus ornatus
- Flier Centrarchus macropterus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Blue-Spotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
- Banded Sunfish Enneacanthus obesus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Swamp Darter Etheostoma fusiforme
- Sawcheek Darter Etheostoma serrifer
- Glassy Darter Etheostoma vitreum
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Southern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Roanoke Logperch Percina rex
- Roanoke Darter Percina roanoka
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Saugeye Sander canadensis × vitreus
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 41 species
- from 83 individual records
- Observed
- May 4, 2019 – Apr 30, 2026
- 83 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 83 records