BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR ROCKY MOUNT, VA
BLACKWATER RIVER VA USGS
BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR ROCKY MOUNT, VA (02056900) 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. 40 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02056900
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- VA
- Coordinates
- 37.0451, -79.8442
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyBlackwater River Near Rocky Mount, VA has 40 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), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Flat Bullhead (Ameiurus platycephalus), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 35 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Flat Bullhead Ameiurus platycephalus
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Mountain Redbelly Dace Chrosomus oreas
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Riverweed Darter Etheostoma podostemone
- Glassy Darter Etheostoma vitreum
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Roanoke Hog Sucker Hypentelium roanokense
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- White Shiner Luxilus albeolus
- Crescent Shiner Luxilus cerasinus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Bigeye Jumprock Moxostoma ariommum
- Blacktip Jumprock Moxostoma cervinum
- Notchlip Redhorse Moxostoma collapsum
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- Orangefin Madtom Noturus gilberti
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Chainback Darter Percina nevisensis
- Roanoke Logperch Percina rex
- Roanoke Darter Percina roanoka
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Torrent Sucker Thoburnia rhothoeca
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (European Carp). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 40 species
- from 88 individual records
- Observed
- Apr 18, 2013 – Jul 19, 2026
- 88 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 88 records