ROANOKE RIVER AT LAFAYETTE, VA
ROANOKE RIVER VA USGS
ROANOKE RIVER AT LAFAYETTE, VA (02054500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the ROANOKE 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. 35 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02054500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- VA
- Coordinates
- 37.2365, -80.2092
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyRoanoke River At Lafayette, VA has 35 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Mountain Redbelly Dace (Chrosomus oreas), Rosyside Dace (Clinostomus funduloides), and 30 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Mountain Redbelly Dace Chrosomus oreas
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Blue Ridge Sculpin Cottus caeruleomentum
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Longfin Darter Etheostoma longimanum
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Riverweed Darter Etheostoma podostemone
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- White Shiner Luxilus albeolus
- Crescent Shiner Luxilus cerasinus
- Rosefin Shiner Lythrurus ardens
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- Blacktip Jumprock Moxostoma cervinum
- V-Lip Redhorse Moxostoma pappillosum
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- Bull Chub Nocomis raneyi
- Orangefin Madtom Noturus gilberti
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Chainback Darter Percina nevisensis
- Stripeback Darter Percina notogramma
- Roanoke Logperch Percina rex
- Roanoke Darter Percina roanoka
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Torrent Sucker Thoburnia rhothoeca
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 35 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 11, 2012 – Jul 19, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records