LICKING RIVER AT CATAWBA, KY
LICKING RIVER KY USGS
LICKING RIVER AT CATAWBA, KY (03253500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the LICKING RIVER in KY, 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
- 03253500
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- KY
- Coordinates
- 38.7103, -84.3108
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyLicking River At Catawba, Ky 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: Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), River Carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), American Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides), and 34 others.
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile
- Variegate Darter Etheostoma variatum
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Bigeye Chub Hybopsis amblops
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis
- Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Bigeye Shiner Miniellus boops
- Smallmouth Redhorse Moxostoma breviceps
- Black Redhorse Moxostoma duquesnei
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Bluebreast Darter Nothonotus camurus
- Tippecanoe Darter Nothonotus tippecanoe
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Silver Shiner Notropis photogenis
- Slender Madtom Noturus exilis
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Brindled Madtom Noturus miurus
- Northern Madtom Noturus stigmosus
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Common Logperch Percina caprodes
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
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 100 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 19, 2018 – Aug 4, 2026
- 100 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 100 records