Nelson Creek near Van Norman MT
Nelson Creek MT USGS
Nelson Creek near Van Norman MT (06131200) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Nelson Creek in MT, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 32 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06131200
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MT
- Coordinates
- 47.5366, -106.1535
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedNelson Creek near Van Norman MT has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10040104 containing this station. The dataset includes 32 species with recorded observations.
Species include: freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), mountain sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus), and 27 others.
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Mountain Sucker Catostomus platyrhynchus
- Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
- Western Silvery Minnow Hybognathus argyritis
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Plains Minnow Hybognathus placitus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Burbot Lota lota
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Flathead Chub Platygobio gracilis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
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
- 32 species
- from 32 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 24, 2015 – Sep 19, 2018
- 22 dated records