Alum Creek at Columbus OH
Alum Creek OH USGS
Alum Creek at Columbus OH (03229000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Alum Creek in OH, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 28 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 03229000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- OH
- Coordinates
- 39.9451, -82.9410
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachAlum Creek at Columbus OH has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 5217097). The dataset includes 28 species with recorded observations.
Species include: rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), and 23 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- Black Redhorse Moxostoma duquesnii
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Silver Shiner Notropis photogenis
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Sauger Sander canadensis
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled at this station's reach
- Fish were sampled directly on the river reach this gauge sits on, so these species were recorded at this spot rather than inferred.
- Records
- 28 species
- from 28 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 23, 2011 – Aug 23, 2011
- 28 dated records