SALUDA RIVER NEAR COLUMBIA, SC
SALUDA RIVER SC USGS
SALUDA RIVER NEAR COLUMBIA, SC (02169000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the 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. 9 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02169000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- SC
- Coordinates
- 34.0140, -81.0879
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachSaluda River Near Columbia, SC has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 9869898). The dataset includes 9 species with recorded observations.
Species include: grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus), bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops), and 4 others.
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops
- White Perch Morone americana
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
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
- 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
- 9 species
- from 9 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 5, 1997 – Jun 5, 1997
- 9 dated records