WATAUGA RIVER NEAR SUGAR GROVE, NC
WATAUGA RIVER NC USGS
WATAUGA RIVER NEAR SUGAR GROVE, NC (03479000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the WATAUGA 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. 13 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 03479000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NC
- Coordinates
- 36.2392, -81.8222
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachWatauga River Near Sugar Grove, NC has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 19743430). The dataset includes 13 species with recorded observations.
Species include: rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), whitetail shiner (Cyprinella galactura), greenfin darter (Etheostoma chlorobranchium), northern hog sucker (Hypentelium nigricans), and 8 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Whitetail Shiner Cyprinella galactura
- Greenfin Darter Etheostoma chlorobranchium
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Warpaint Shiner Luxilus coccogenis
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Black Redhorse Moxostoma duquesnii
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Tennessee Shiner Notropis leuciodus
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
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
- 13 species
- from 13 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 29, 2013 – Jul 29, 2013
- 13 dated records
Sources
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