MINNESOTA RIVER AT MANKATO, MN
MINNESOTA RIVER MN USGS
MINNESOTA RIVER AT MANKATO, MN (05325000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the MINNESOTA 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. 41 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05325000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MN
- Coordinates
- 44.1700, -94.0023
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyMinnesota River At Mankato, Mn has 41 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Bullheads (Ameiurus), Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), River Carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), and 36 others.
- Bullheads Ameiurus
- 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
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- 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
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- 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
- 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
- 41 species
- from 111 individual records
- Observed
- May 26, 2013 – Aug 12, 2026
- 111 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 111 records