Beaverhead River at Dillon MT
Beaverhead River MT USGS
Beaverhead River at Dillon MT (06017000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Beaverhead River in MT, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and publishes a 7-day flow forecast so anglers know when conditions line up. 13 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06017000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MT
- Coordinates
- 45.2184, -112.6553
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Fishing regulations
Central District zone defaultDefault area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.
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Brook Trout Open · Harvest allowed within limits Mar 1 – Feb 28 Details
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Mar 1 – Feb 28
- Daily limit
- 20
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Arctic Grayling No season data
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Brown Trout No season data
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Cutthroat Trout No season data
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Fathead Minnow No season data
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Longnose Dace No season data
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Longnose Sucker No season data
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Mottled Sculpin No season data
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Mountain Sucker No season data
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Mountain Whitefish No season data
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Rainbow Trout No season data
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Redside Shiner No season data
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White Sucker No season data
Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-09-10 in America/Denver
Regulations shown are for reference only and may not reflect in-season changes. Always verify current regulations with the Montana Fishing Regulations before fishing.
Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedBeaverhead River at Dillon MT has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10020002 containing this station. The dataset includes 13 species with recorded observations.
Species include: longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), mountain sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus), mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii), cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii), and 8 others.
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Mountain Sucker Catostomus platyrhynchus
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Redside Shiner Richardsonius balteatus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Arctic Grayling Thymallus arcticus
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled in this watershed
- Fish were sampled elsewhere in the same watershed — a provincial or federal survey nearby, not at the gauge itself.
- Records
- 13 species
- from 13 individual records
- Observed
- Apr 23, 2002 – Oct 7, 2013
- 2 dated records
Sources
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