FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT HOT SPRINGS, NC
FRENCH BROAD RIVER NC USGS
FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT HOT SPRINGS, NC (03454500) 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. 45 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 03454500
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- NC
- Coordinates
- 35.8899, -82.8210
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyFrench Broad River At Hot Springs, Nc has 45 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), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), Largescale Stoneroller (Campostoma oligolepis), Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), and 40 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Largescale Stoneroller Campostoma oligolepis
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- Warpaint Shiner Coccotis coccogenis
- Banded Sculpin Cottus carolinae
- Whitetail Shiner Cyprinella galactura
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Stripetail Darter Etheostoma kennicotti
- Swannanoa Darter Etheostoma swannanoa
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Saffron Shiner Hydrophlox rubricroceus
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus
- Smallmouth Redhorse Moxostoma breviceps
- Black Redhorse Moxostoma duquesnei
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Greenfin Darter Nothonotus chlorobranchius
- Redline Darter Nothonotus rufilineatus
- Highland Shiner Notropis micropteryx
- Telescope Shiner Notropis telescopus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Tennessee Shiner Paranotropis leuciodus
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Common Logperch Percina caprodes
- Russet Darter Percina versicolor
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 45 species
- from 196 individual records
- Observed
- Dec 19, 2012 – Aug 18, 2026
- 196 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 196 records