JAMES RIVER AT ASHTON, SD
JAMES RIVER SD USGS
JAMES RIVER AT ASHTON, SD (06473000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the JAMES RIVER in SD, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 29 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06473000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- SD
- Coordinates
- 44.9983, -98.4806
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedJames River At Ashton, SD has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10160006 containing this station. The dataset includes 29 species with recorded observations.
Species include: black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), and 24 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Plains Topminnow Fundulus sciadicus
- Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Bigmouth Shiner Hybopsis dorsalis
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
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
- 29 species
- from 29 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 20, 2010 – Oct 26, 2015
- 13 dated records