LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER AT NEEDMORE, NC
LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER NC USGS
LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER AT NEEDMORE, NC (03503000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the LITTLE TENNESSEE 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
- 03503000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- NC
- Coordinates
- 35.3364, -83.5269
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyLittle Tennessee River At Needmore, 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), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), Rosyside Dace (Clinostomus funduloides), Warpaint Shiner (Coccotis coccogenis), Warpaint × Yellowfin Shiner (Coccotis coccogenis × Hydrophlox lutipinnis), and 32 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Warpaint Shiner Coccotis coccogenis
- Warpaint × Yellowfin Shiner Coccotis coccogenis × Hydrophlox lutipinnis
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Whitetail Shiner Cyprinella galactura
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Spotfin Chub Erimonax monacha
- Tuckasegee Darter Etheostoma gutselli
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus
- Smallmouth Redhorse Moxostoma breviceps
- Sicklefin Redhorse Moxostoma ugidatli
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Greenfin Darter Nothonotus chlorobranchius
- Wounded Darter Nothonotus vulneratus
- Silver Shiner Notropis photogenis
- Telescope Shiner Notropis telescopus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Tennessee Shiner Paranotropis leuciodus
- Mirror Shiner Paranotropis spectrunculus
- Tangerine Darter Percina aurantiaca
- Russet Darter Percina versicolor
- Fatlips Minnow Phenacobius crassilabrum
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- 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 128 individual records
- Observed
- Apr 26, 2011 – Jul 4, 2026
- 128 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 128 records