SWIFT CREEK NEAR APEX, NC
SWIFT CREEK NC USGS
SWIFT CREEK NEAR APEX, NC (02087580) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SWIFT CREEK in NC, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 16 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02087580
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NC
- Coordinates
- 35.7189, -78.7522
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachSwift Creek Near Apex, NC has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 8785997). The dataset includes 16 species with recorded observations.
Species include: yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), pirate perch (Aphredoderus sayanus), chain pickerel (Esox niger), johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum), and 11 others.
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Pirate Perch Aphredoderus sayanus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Swallowtail Shiner Notropis procne
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
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
- 16 species
- from 16 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 21, 2015 – Sep 21, 2015
- 16 dated records