SANDY CREEK AT CORNWALLIS RD NEAR DURHAM, NC
SANDY CREEK NC USGS
SANDY CREEK AT CORNWALLIS RD NEAR DURHAM, NC (0209722970) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SANDY 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. 42 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 0209722970
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NC
- Coordinates
- 35.9832, -78.9568
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbySandy Creek At Cornwallis RD Near Durham, NC has 42 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Roanoke Bass (Ambloplites cavifrons), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Flat Bullhead (Ameiurus platycephalus), Ruddy Bowfin (Amia calva), and 37 others.
- Roanoke Bass Ambloplites cavifrons
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Flat Bullhead Ameiurus platycephalus
- Ruddy Bowfin Amia calva
- Blackstripe Pirate Perch Aphredoderus ornatus
- Mountain Redbelly Dace Chrosomus oreas
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Eastern Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus
- Southern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma maculaticeps
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Speckled Killifish Fundulus rathbuni
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Redbreast Sunfish × Pumpkinseed Lepomis auritus × gibbosus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- White Shiner Luxilus albeolus
- Rosefin Shiner Lythrurus ardens
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Largemouth Bass Complex Micropterus salmoides
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- White Perch Morone americana
- Blacktip Jumprock Moxostoma cervinum
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- Bull Chub Nocomis raneyi
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Piedmont Darter Percina crassa
- Chainback Darter Percina nevisensis
- Roanoke Darter Percina roanoka
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Grass Carp, 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
- 42 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- May 4, 2025 – Jul 21, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records