SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR SULPHUR SPRINGS FL
SWEETWATER CREEK FL USGS
SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR SULPHUR SPRINGS FL (02306500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SWEETWATER 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. 40 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02306500
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 28.0431, -82.5118
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbySweetwater Creek Near Sulphur Springs Fl has 40 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Convict Cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Ruddy Bowfin (Amia calva), Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre marinus), Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis), and 35 others.
- Convict Cichlid Amatitlania nigrofasciata
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Ruddy Bowfin Amia calva
- Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Dimerus Cichlid Cichlasoma dimerus
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- Blue-Spotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
- Lake Chubsucker Erimyzon sucetta
- Swamp Darter Etheostoma fusiforme
- Goldspotted Killifish Floridichthys carpio
- Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
- Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis
- Seminole Killifish Fundulus seminolis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
- Dwarf Seahorse Hippocampus zosterae
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- American Flagfish Jordanella floridae
- Hardy Silverside Labidesthes vanhyningi
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Dollar Sunfish Lepomis marginatus
- Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
- Rainwater Killifish Lucania parva
- Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
- Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Monopterus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Tilapias Oreochromis
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Blue 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
- 40 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Dec 6, 2022 – Aug 18, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records