ROOT RIVER NEAR PILOT MOUND, MN
ROOT RIVER MN USGS
ROOT RIVER NEAR PILOT MOUND, MN (05383950) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the ROOT RIVER in MN, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and publishes a 7-day flow forecast so anglers know when conditions line up. 28 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05383950
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MN
- Coordinates
- 43.7828, -92.0316
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyRoot River Near Pilot Mound, Mn has 28 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), Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Spotfin Shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera), European Carp (Cyprinus carpio), and 23 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Mooneye Hiodon tergisus
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Plains Sand Shiner Miniellus missuriensis
- Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus
- Carmine Shiner Notropis percobromus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
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
- 28 species
- from 197 individual records
- Observed
- May 11, 2010 – May 9, 2026
- 197 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 197 records
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