ROANOKE RIVER AT ROANOKE, VA
ROANOKE RIVER VA USGS
ROANOKE RIVER AT ROANOKE, VA (02055000) 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. 39 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02055000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- VA
- Coordinates
- 37.2585, -79.9386
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyRoanoke River At Roanoke, 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: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), Mountain Redbelly Dace (Chrosomus oreas), and 34 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- Mountain Redbelly Dace Chrosomus oreas
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Blue Ridge Sculpin Cottus caeruleomentum
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Riverweed Darter Etheostoma podostemone
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- White Shiner Luxilus albeolus
- Crescent Shiner Luxilus cerasinus
- Rosefin Shiner Lythrurus ardens
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Blacktip Jumprock Moxostoma cervinum
- Notchlip Redhorse Moxostoma collapsum
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- Bull Chub Nocomis raneyi
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Chainback Darter Percina nevisensis
- Roanoke Logperch Percina rex
- Roanoke Darter Percina roanoka
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- 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
- 39 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Mar 18, 2022 – Jun 30, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records