NIPPERSINK CREEK NEAR SPRING GROVE, IL
NIPPERSINK CREEK IL USGS
NIPPERSINK CREEK NEAR SPRING GROVE, IL (05548280) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the NIPPERSINK 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. 40 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 05548280
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- IL
- Coordinates
- 42.4437, -88.2474
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyNippersink Creek Near Spring Grove, Il has 40 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), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 35 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- American Pickerel Esox americanus
- Grass Pickerel Esox americanus vermiculatus
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Muskellunge Esox masquinongy
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix non-native
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Northern Sunfish Lepomis peltastes
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- White Perch Morone americana
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- Yellow Bass Morone mississippiensis
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Common Logperch Percina caprodes
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (European Carp, 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
- 40 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 8, 2018 – Jun 8, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records