Bear Creek at Hannibal, MO
Bear Creek MO USGS
Bear Creek at Hannibal, MO (05502000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Bear Creek in MO, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 34 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05502000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MO
- Coordinates
- 39.6783, -91.4096
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyBear Creek At Hannibal, Mo has 34 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), River Carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), Highfin Carpsucker (Carpiodes velifer), Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii), Red Shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), and 29 others.
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Highfin Carpsucker Carpiodes velifer
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Red × Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis × spiloptera
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix non-native
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Bigeye Shiner Miniellus boops
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Ghost Shiner Paranotropis buchanani
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Common Logperch Percina caprodes
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Silver 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
- 34 species
- from 53 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 20, 2015 – Sep 24, 2025
- 53 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 53 records