HOWELL CREEK NEAR ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL
HOWELL CREEK FL USGS
HOWELL CREEK NEAR ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL (02234308) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the HOWELL CREEK in FL, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 44 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02234308
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 28.6315, -81.3246
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyHowell Creek Near Altamonte Springs, FL has 44 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Coastal Shiner (Alburnops petersoni), Convict Cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), and 39 others.
- Coastal Shiner Alburnops petersoni
- Convict Cichlid Amatitlania nigrofasciata
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- Dimerus Cichlid Cichlasoma dimerus
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Okefenokee Pygmy Sunfish Elassoma okefenokee
- Blue-Spotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
- Lake Chubsucker Erimyzon sucetta
- Swamp Darter Etheostoma fusiforme
- Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
- Seminole Killifish Fundulus seminolis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- American Flagfish Jordanella floridae
- Hardy Silverside Labidesthes vanhyningi
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Bluegill × Redear Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × microlophus
- Dollar Sunfish Lepomis marginatus
- Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus
- Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
- Dog Snapper Lutjanus jocu
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Monopterus
- White × Striped Bass Morone chrysops × saxatilis
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
- Westfall's Darter Percina westfalli
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Metallic Shiner Pteronotropis metallicus
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Jack Dempsey Rocio octofasciata
- Green Swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii non-native
- Variable Platyfish Xiphophorus variatus
5 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Grass Carp, Blue Tilapia, Nile Tilapia, Green Swordtail). 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
- 44 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Oct 2, 2024 – Jul 19, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records