HICKORY CREEK AT JOLIET, IL
HICKORY CREEK IL USGS
HICKORY CREEK AT JOLIET, IL (05539000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the HICKORY CREEK 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. 47 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05539000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- IL
- Coordinates
- 41.5147, -88.0733
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyHickory Creek At Joliet, Il has 47 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), Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), and 42 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- European Carp × Goldfish Cyprinus carpio × Carassius auratus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Muskellunge Esox masquinongy
- Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis non-native
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Northern Sunfish Lepomis peltastes
- Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Oriental Weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
- White Perch Morone americana
- Yellow Bass Morone mississippiensis
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Common Logperch Percina caprodes
- Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
4 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Grass Carp, European Carp, Bighead 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
- 47 species
- from 133 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 31, 2012 – Aug 14, 2026
- 133 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 133 records