NORTH FORK SWANNANOA RIVER NEAR WALKERTOWN, NC
NORTH FORK SWANNANOA RIVER NC USGS
NORTH FORK SWANNANOA RIVER NEAR WALKERTOWN, NC (0344894205) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the NORTH FORK SWANNANOA 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. 30 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 0344894205
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- NC
- Coordinates
- 35.6857, -82.3324
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyNorth Fork Swannanoa River Near Walkertown, Nc has 30 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), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), Rosyside Dace (Clinostomus funduloides), Warpaint Shiner (Coccotis coccogenis), Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii), and 25 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Warpaint Shiner Coccotis coccogenis
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Carolina Fantail Darter Etheostoma brevispinum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Swannanoa Darter Etheostoma swannanoa
- Greenhead Shiner Hydrophlox chlorocephalus
- Saffron Shiner Hydrophlox rubricroceus
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Greenfin Darter Nothonotus chlorobranchius
- Redline Darter Nothonotus rufilineatus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Tangerine Darter Percina aurantiaca
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- 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 (Grass 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
- 30 species
- from 97 individual records
- Observed
- Nov 1, 2009 – Aug 11, 2026
- 97 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 97 records