ST. JOHNS RIVER NEAR SANFORD, FL
ST. JOHNS RIVER FL USGS
ST. JOHNS RIVER NEAR SANFORD, FL (02234500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the ST. JOHNS RIVER 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. 39 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02234500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 28.8380, -81.3242
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyST. Johns River Near Sanford, FL has 39 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), Dimerus Cichlid (Cichlasoma dimerus), Walking Catfish (Clarias batrachus), Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), American Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), and 34 others.
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Dimerus Cichlid Cichlasoma dimerus
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Okefenokee Pygmy Sunfish Elassoma okefenokee
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Blue-Spotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
- Lake Chubsucker Erimyzon sucetta
- American Pickerel Esox americanus
- Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
- Seminole Killifish Fundulus seminolis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- 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
- Dollar Sunfish Lepomis marginatus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus
- Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- White × Striped Bass Morone chrysops × saxatilis
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Tilapias Oreochromis
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
- Red-Bellied Pacu Piaractus brachypomus
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Metallic Shiner Pteronotropis metallicus
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Grass Carp, Blue Tilapia, Nile Tilapia). 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
- 39 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Mar 9, 2022 – Jul 18, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records