ROCKCASTLE RIVER AT BILLOWS, KY
ROCKCASTLE RIVER KY USGS
ROCKCASTLE RIVER AT BILLOWS, KY (03406500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the ROCKCASTLE 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. 29 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 03406500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- KY
- Coordinates
- 37.1712, -84.2960
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachRockcastle River At Billows, KY has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 2081162). The dataset includes 29 species with recorded observations.
Species include: rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), largescale stoneroller (Campostoma oligolepis), banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae), spotfin shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera), greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides), and 24 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Largescale Stoneroller Campostoma oligolepis
- Banded Sculpin Cottus carolinae
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Bluebreast Darter Etheostoma camurum
- Stripetail Darter Etheostoma kennicotti
- Bloodfin Darter Etheostoma sanguifluum
- Speckled Darter Etheostoma stigmaeum
- Striped Darter Etheostoma virgatum
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Northern Studfish Fundulus catenatus
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis
- Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
- Scarletfin Shiner Lythrurus fasciolaris
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus
- Black Redhorse Moxostoma duquesnii
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Popeye Shiner Notropis ariommus
- Highland Shiner Notropis micropteryx
- Silver Shiner Notropis photogenis
- Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Walleye Sander vitreus
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
- 29 species
- from 29 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 25, 2005 – Aug 25, 2005
- 29 dated records