GRAND CALUMET RIVER AT COLUMBIA AV AT HAMMOND, IN
GRAND CALUMET RIVER IN USGS
GRAND CALUMET RIVER AT COLUMBIA AV AT HAMMOND, IN (05536356) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the GRAND CALUMET RIVER in IN, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 42 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05536356
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- IN
- Coordinates
- 41.6186, -87.4998
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyGrand Calumet River At Columbia Av At Hammond, In has 42 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), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Eyetail Bowfin (Amia ocellicauda), and 37 others.
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Bullheads Ameiurus
- 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
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Oriental Weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
- White Perch Morone americana
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus non-native
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Pacific Salmons And Trouts Oncorhynchus
- Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
- Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
4 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, European Carp, Round Goby, Nile Tilapia). 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
- 42 species
- from 158 individual records
- Observed
- Dec 11, 2005 – Aug 16, 2026
- 158 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 158 records