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
Operated by
U.S. Geological Survey
State
MT
Coordinates
47.5366, -106.1535

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Fishing regulations

Eastern District zone default

Default area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.

Eastern District zone default only. Water-specific, national-park, sanctuary, licence, and in-season exceptions may apply.

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 watershed

Nelson 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.

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

Sources