BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR FRANKLIN, VA
BLACKWATER RIVER VA USGS
BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR FRANKLIN, VA (02049500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the BLACKWATER 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. 17 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02049500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- VA
- Coordinates
- 36.7626, -76.8983
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachBlackwater River Near Franklin, VA has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 11585318). The dataset includes 17 species with recorded observations.
Species include: yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), american eel (Anguilla rostrata), pirate perch (Aphredoderus sayanus), bluespotted sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus), eastern creek chubsucker (Erimyzon oblongus), and 12 others.
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Pirate Perch Aphredoderus sayanus
- Bluespotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
- Eastern Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Dollar Sunfish Lepomis marginatus
- American Brook Lamprey Lethenteron appendix
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Shield Darter Percina peltata
- Roanoke Darter Percina roanoka
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled at this station's reach
- Fish were sampled directly on the river reach this gauge sits on, so these species were recorded at this spot rather than inferred.
- Records
- 17 species
- from 17 individual records
- Observed
- Nov 5, 1993 – Nov 5, 1993
- 17 dated records