ROCKY BRANCH AT WHALEY ST AT COLUMBIA, SC
ROCKY BRANCH SC USGS
ROCKY BRANCH AT WHALEY ST AT COLUMBIA, SC (02169506) is a real-time river monitoring station on the ROCKY BRANCH in SC, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 52 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02169506
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- SC
- Coordinates
- 33.9875, -81.0275
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyRocky Branch At Whaley St At Columbia, Sc has 52 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Mud Sunfish (Acantharchus pomotis), American Shad (Alosa sapidissima), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Ruddy Bowfin (Amia calva), Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), and 47 others.
- Mud Sunfish Acantharchus pomotis
- American Shad Alosa sapidissima
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Ruddy Bowfin Amia calva
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Greenfin Shiner Cyprinella chloristia
- Whitefin Shiner Cyprinella nivea
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense
- American Pickerel Esox americanus
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Southern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma maculaticeps
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Greenhead Shiner Hydrophlox chlorocephalus
- Yellowfin Shiner Hydrophlox lutipinnis
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Bluegill × Redear Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × microlophus
- Dollar Sunfish Lepomis marginatus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus
- Black Basses Micropterus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops
- White Perch Morone americana
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Notchlip Redhorse Moxostoma collapsum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Sandbar Shiner Notropis scepticus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Piedmont Darter Percina crassa
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Dusky Shiner Pteronotropis cummingsae
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
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
- 52 species
- from 172 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 21, 2015 – Jul 10, 2026
- 172 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 172 records