BLUE EARTH RIVER NEAR RAPIDAN, MN
BLUE EARTH RIVER MN USGS
BLUE EARTH RIVER NEAR RAPIDAN, MN (05320000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the BLUE EARTH RIVER 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. 46 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05320000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MN
- Coordinates
- 44.0959, -94.1096
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyBlue Earth River Near Rapidan, Mn has 46 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), Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), River Carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), and 41 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Silver Chub Macrhybopsis storeriana
- Black Basses Micropterus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Plains Sand Shiner Miniellus missuriensis
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
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
- 46 species
- from 121 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 20, 2010 – Aug 16, 2026
- 121 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 121 records