BUFFALO RIVER NEAR HAWLEY, MN
BUFFALO RIVER MN USGS
BUFFALO RIVER NEAR HAWLEY, MN (05061000) is a real-time river monitoring station on the BUFFALO RIVER in MN, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level, and streamflow and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 25 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05061000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MN
- Coordinates
- 46.8520, -96.3291
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachBuffalo River Near Hawley, MN has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 6689413). The dataset includes 25 species with recorded observations.
Species include: rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans), and 20 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
- Bigmouth Shiner Hybopsis dorsalis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus
- Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Trout-Perch Percopsis omiscomaycus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
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
- 25 species
- from 25 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 26, 2006 – Jul 26, 2006
- 25 dated records