MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST. PAUL, MN
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MN USGS
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST. PAUL, MN (05331000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the MISSISSIPPI 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. 40 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05331000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MN
- Coordinates
- 44.9444, -93.0881
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyMississippi River At St. Paul, 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: Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Eyetail Bowfin (Amia ocellicauda), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 35 others.
- 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
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Buffalofish Ictiobus
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Plains Sand Shiner Miniellus missuriensis
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Paranotropis
- 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
- Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
- 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 200 individual records
- Observed
- May 14, 2025 – Aug 16, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records