GILLS CREEK AT SC 48, NEAR COLUMBIA, SC
GILLS CREEK SC USGS
GILLS CREEK AT SC 48, NEAR COLUMBIA, SC (02169590) is a real-time river monitoring station on the GILLS CREEK 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. 47 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02169590
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- SC
- Coordinates
- 33.9479, -80.9891
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyGills Creek At Sc 48, Near Columbia, Sc has 47 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 42 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
- 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
- Swamp Darter Etheostoma fusiforme
- Southern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma maculaticeps
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Greenhead Shiner Hydrophlox chlorocephalus
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- 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
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Notchlip Redhorse Moxostoma collapsum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- 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
- 47 species
- from 137 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 21, 2015 – Jul 10, 2026
- 137 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 137 records