MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LOCK AND DAM 5A NR WINONA, MN
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MN USGS
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LOCK AND DAM 5A NR WINONA, MN (05378490) is a real-time river monitoring station on the MISSISSIPPI 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. 49 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05378490
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MN
- Coordinates
- 44.0851, -91.6676
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyMississippi River At Lock And Dam 5A Nr Winona, Mn has 49 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: River Shiner (Alburnops blennius), Weed Shiner (Alburnops texanus), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), and 44 others.
- River Shiner Alburnops blennius
- Weed Shiner Alburnops texanus
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Eyetail Bowfin Amia ocellicauda
- Western Sand Darter Ammocrypta clara
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongatus
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Mud Darter Etheostoma asprigene
- Mooneye Hiodon tergisus
- Lake Sturgeon Huso fulvescens
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Plains Sand Shiner Miniellus missuriensis
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Channel Shiner Paranotropis wickliffi
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (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
- 49 species
- from 154 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 1, 2011 – Aug 16, 2026
- 154 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 154 records