TRAIL CREEK AT MICHIGAN CITY HARBOR, IN
TRAIL CREEK IN USGS
TRAIL CREEK AT MICHIGAN CITY HARBOR, IN (04095380) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the TRAIL CREEK in IN, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and publishes a 7-day flow forecast so anglers know when conditions line up. 32 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 04095380
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- IN
- Coordinates
- 41.7228, -86.9042
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyTrail Creek At Michigan City Harbor, In has 32 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Eyetail Bowfin (Amia ocellicauda), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), and 27 others.
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Eyetail Bowfin Amia ocellicauda
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Grass Pickerel Esox americanus vermiculatus
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Lake Sturgeon Huso fulvescens
- Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Burbot Lota lota
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus non-native
- Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush
- Walleye Sander vitreus
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (European Carp, Round Goby). 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
- 32 species
- from 70 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 30, 2011 – Jun 3, 2026
- 70 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 70 records