ROANOKE RIVER AT NIAGARA, VA
ROANOKE RIVER VA USGS
ROANOKE RIVER AT NIAGARA, VA (02056000) 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. 14 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02056000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- VA
- Coordinates
- 37.2551, -79.8714
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachRoanoke River At Niagara, VA has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 8627467). The dataset includes 14 species with recorded observations.
Species include: gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus), bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), and 9 others.
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- Black Redhorse Moxostoma duquesnii
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- V-Lip Redhorse Moxostoma pappillosum
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- Comely Shiner Notropis amoenus
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
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
- 14 species
- from 14 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 27, 1998 – Aug 27, 1998
- 14 dated records