Yellowstone River at Billings MT
Yellowstone River MT USGS
Yellowstone River at Billings MT (06214500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Yellowstone River 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. 13 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06214500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MT
- Coordinates
- 45.8001, -108.4680
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachYellowstone River at Billings MT has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 4342992). The dataset includes 13 species with recorded observations.
Species include: river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), mountain sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus), goldeye (Hiodon alosoides), and 8 others.
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Mountain Sucker Catostomus platyrhynchus
- Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
- Western Silvery Minnow Hybognathus argyritis
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Flathead Chub Platygobio gracilis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled at this station's reach
- Fish were sampled directly on the river reach this gauge sits on, so these species were recorded at this spot rather than inferred.
- Records
- 13 species
- from 13 individual records
- Observed
- Apr 16, 2014 – Apr 16, 2014
- 13 dated records
Sources
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