MIDDLE SALUDA RIVER NEAR CLEVELAND, SC
MIDDLE SALUDA RIVER SC USGS
MIDDLE SALUDA RIVER NEAR CLEVELAND, SC (02162350) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the MIDDLE SALUDA RIVER in SC, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 43 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02162350
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- SC
- Coordinates
- 35.1203, -82.5376
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyMiddle Saluda River Near Cleveland, SC has 43 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), Flat Bullhead (Ameiurus platycephalus), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), Rosyside Dace (Clinostomus funduloides), Warpaint Shiner (Coccotis coccogenis), and 38 others.
- Snail Bullhead Ameiurus brunneus
- Flat Bullhead Ameiurus platycephalus
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Warpaint Shiner Coccotis coccogenis
- Banded Sculpin Cottus carolinae
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Thicklip Chub Cyprinella labrosa
- Fieryblack Shiner Cyprinella pyrrhomelas
- Carolina Fantail Darter Etheostoma brevispinum
- Seagreen Darter Etheostoma thalassinum
- Bigeye Chub Hybopsis amblops
- Rosyface Chub Hybopsis rubrifrons
- Greenhead Shiner Hydrophlox chlorocephalus
- Yellowfin Shiner Hydrophlox lutipinnis
- Saffron Shiner Hydrophlox rubricroceus
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Bluegill × Redear Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × microlophus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Bartram’s Bass Micropterus pucpuggy
- Largemouth Bass Complex Micropterus salmoides
- V-Lip Redhorse Moxostoma pappillosum
- Striped Jumprock Moxostoma rupiscartes
- Hornyhead Chubs Nocomis
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Sandbar Shiner Notropis scepticus
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Mirror Shiner Paranotropis spectrunculus
- Piedmont Darter Percina crassa
- Russet Darter Percina versicolor
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- 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
- 43 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Mar 14, 2025 – Jul 4, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records