Bighorn R bl Yellowtail Afterbay Dam nr St. Xavier
Bighorn River MT USGS
Bighorn R bl Yellowtail Afterbay Dam nr St. Xavier (06287000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Bighorn 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. 25 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06287000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MT
- Coordinates
- 45.3169, -107.9189
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedBighorn R bl Yellowtail Afterbay Dam nr St. Xavier has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10080015 containing this station. The dataset includes 25 species with recorded observations.
Species include: river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), mountain sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus), lake chub (Couesius plumbeus), and 20 others.
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Mountain Sucker Catostomus platyrhynchus
- Lake Chub Couesius plumbeus
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
- Western Silvery Minnow Hybognathus argyritis
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Burbot Lota lota
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Flathead Chub Platygobio gracilis
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
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
- 25 species
- from 25 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 12, 2016 – Nov 1, 2016
- 5 dated records
Sources
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