DES PLAINES RIVER AT LINCOLNSHIRE, IL
DES PLAINES RIVER IL USGS
DES PLAINES RIVER AT LINCOLNSHIRE, IL (05528100) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the DES PLAINES RIVER in IL, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 39 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05528100
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- IL
- Coordinates
- 42.2006, -87.9186
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyDes Plaines River At Lincolnshire, Il has 39 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Bullheads (Ameiurus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Spotfin Shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera), and 34 others.
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Bullheads Ameiurus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Oriental Weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
- White × Striped Bass Morone chrysops × saxatilis
- Yellow Bass Morone mississippiensis
- Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus non-native
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (European Carp, Round Goby). 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
- 39 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- May 18, 2020 – Aug 12, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records