NEW HOPE CREEK NEAR BLANDS, NC
NEW HOPE CREEK NC USGS
NEW HOPE CREEK NEAR BLANDS, NC (02097314) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the NEW HOPE 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. 32 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02097314
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NC
- Coordinates
- 35.8850, -78.9653
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyNew Hope Creek Near Blands, NC has 32 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Snail Bullhead (Ameiurus brunneus), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Flat Bullhead (Ameiurus platycephalus), Ruddy Bowfin (Amia calva), and 27 others.
- Snail Bullhead Ameiurus brunneus
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Flat Bullhead Ameiurus platycephalus
- Ruddy Bowfin Amia calva
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus
- Southern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma maculaticeps
- Speckled Killifish Fundulus rathbuni
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- 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
- Largemouth Bass Complex Micropterus salmoides
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- White Perch Morone americana
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Grass 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
- 32 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Mar 11, 2026 – Jul 13, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records