SARANAC RIVER AT PLATTSBURGH NY
SARANAC RIVER NY USGS
SARANAC RIVER AT PLATTSBURGH NY (04273500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SARANAC RIVER in NY, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 18 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 04273500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NY
- Coordinates
- 44.6817, -73.4710
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachSaranac River At Plattsburgh NY has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 9521459). The dataset includes 18 species with recorded observations.
Species include: rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii), chain pickerel (Esox niger), tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi), and 13 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
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
- 18 species
- from 18 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 10, 2004 – Aug 10, 2004
- 18 dated records
Sources
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