MINNESOTA RIVER AT FORT SNELLING STATE PARK, MN
MINNESOTA RIVER MN USGS
MINNESOTA RIVER AT FORT SNELLING STATE PARK, MN (05330920) is a real-time river monitoring station on the MINNESOTA RIVER in MN, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 48 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05330920
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MN
- Coordinates
- 44.8703, -93.1924
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyMinnesota River At Fort Snelling State Park, Mn has 48 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), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Eyetail Bowfin (Amia ocellicauda), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), and 43 others.
- Bullheads Ameiurus
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Eyetail Bowfin Amia ocellicauda
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Tiger Muskellunge Esox masquinongy × lucius
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Western Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus menona
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Buffalofish Ictiobus
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Blackchin Shiner Miniellus heterodon
- Plains Sand Shiner Miniellus missuriensis
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- 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
- 48 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 30, 2025 – Aug 16, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records