ELM CREEK NR CHAMPLIN, MN
ELM CREEK MN USGS
ELM CREEK NR CHAMPLIN, MN (05287890) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the ELM CREEK in MN, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 40 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05287890
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MN
- Coordinates
- 45.1633, -93.4368
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyElm Creek Nr Champlin, Mn has 40 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), Bullheads (Ameiurus), Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 35 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Bullheads Ameiurus
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Bigmouth Shiner Ericymba dorsalis
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Plains Sand Shiner Miniellus missuriensis
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- North American Minnows Pogonichthyinae
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
- Saugeye Sander canadensis × vitreus
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, 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
- 40 species
- from 136 individual records
- Observed
- May 1, 2008 – Aug 9, 2026
- 136 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 136 records