FRENCH BROAD RIVER NEAR FLETCHER, NC
FRENCH BROAD RIVER NC USGS
FRENCH BROAD RIVER NEAR FLETCHER, NC (03447687) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the FRENCH BROAD RIVER in NC, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 37 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 03447687
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- NC
- Coordinates
- 35.4292, -82.5525
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyFrench Broad River Near Fletcher, Nc has 37 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Flat Bullhead (Ameiurus platycephalus), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Warpaint Shiner (Coccotis coccogenis), and 32 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Flat Bullhead Ameiurus platycephalus
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Warpaint Shiner Coccotis coccogenis
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Whitetail Shiner Cyprinella galactura
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Swannanoa Darter Etheostoma swannanoa
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Bigeye Chub Hybopsis amblops
- Saffron Shiner Hydrophlox rubricroceus
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Largemouth Bass Complex Micropterus salmoides
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Greenfin Darter Nothonotus chlorobranchius
- Redline Darter Nothonotus rufilineatus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Tennessee Shiner Paranotropis leuciodus
- Mirror Shiner Paranotropis spectrunculus
- Russet Darter Percina versicolor
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (European Carp). 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
- 37 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 11, 2024 – Aug 16, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records