ORTEGA RIVER AT KIRWIN ROAD NEAR JACKSONVILLE,FL
ORTEGA RIVER FL USGS
ORTEGA RIVER AT KIRWIN ROAD NEAR JACKSONVILLE,FL (02246318) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the ORTEGA 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. 35 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02246318
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 30.1964, -81.7684
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyOrtega River At Kirwin Road Near Jacksonville, FL has 35 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), Ruddy Bowfin (Amia calva), Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre marinus), Silver Perch (Bairdiella chrysoura), Yellowfin Menhaden (Brevoortia smithi), and 30 others.
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Ruddy Bowfin Amia calva
- Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
- Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
- Yellowfin Menhaden Brevoortia smithi
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Weakfish Cynoscion regalis
- Fat Sleeper Dormitator maculatus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Banded Sunfish Enneacanthus obesus
- Swamp Darter Etheostoma fusiforme
- Tidewater Mojarra Eucinostomus harengulus
- Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
- Marsh Killifish Fundulus confluentus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- 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
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Atlantic Croaker Micropogonias undulatus
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
- Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Grass Carp, 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
- 35 species
- from 75 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 1, 2016 – May 26, 2026
- 75 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 75 records