SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR TAMPA FL
SWEETWATER CREEK FL USGS
SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR TAMPA FL (02306647) 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. 61 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02306647
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 28.0139, -82.5451
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbySweetwater Creek Near Tampa Fl has 61 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Scrawled Cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis), Convict Cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), Ruddy Bowfin (Amia calva), Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis), and 56 others.
- Scrawled Cowfish Acanthostracion quadricornis
- Convict Cichlid Amatitlania nigrofasciata
- Ruddy Bowfin Amia calva
- Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus
- Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
- Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Dimerus Cichlid Cichlasoma dimerus
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Sand Weakfish Cynoscion arenarius
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Lake Chubsucker Erimyzon sucetta
- Swamp Darter Etheostoma fusiforme
- Silver Jenny Eucinostomus gula
- Goldspotted Killifish Floridichthys carpio
- Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
- Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis
- Seminole Killifish Fundulus seminolis
- Longnose Killifish Fundulus similis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Skilletfish Gobiesox strumosus
- Scaled Sardine Harengula jaguana
- Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
- Northern Seahorse Hippocampus erectus
- Dwarf Seahorse Hippocampus zosterae
- Brown Hoplo Hoplosternum littorale
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Hardy Silverside Labidesthes vanhyningi
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Dollar Sunfish Lepomis marginatus
- Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
- Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
- Menidia
- Tidewater Silverside Menidia peninsulae
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Monopterus
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Polka-Dot Batfish Ogcocephalus cubifrons
- Gulf Toadfish Opsanus beta
- Tilapias Oreochromis
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Vermilion Snapper Rhomboplites aurorubens
- Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
- Southern Puffer Sphoeroides nephelus
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Redfin Needlefish Strongylura notata
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Grass Carp, 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
- 61 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 20, 2022 – Aug 18, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records