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BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR WATERTOWN, SD

BIG SIOUX RIVER SD USGS

BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR WATERTOWN, SD (06479438) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the BIG SIOUX 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. 21 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.

USGS site number
06479438
Agency
USGS
State
SD
Coordinates
45.0061, -97.1647

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Fish recorded near this station

Sampled in this watershed

Big Sioux River Near Watertown, SD has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10170201 containing this station. The dataset includes 21 species with recorded observations.

Species include: black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans), red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), and 16 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
21 species
from 21 individual records
Observed
Aug 7, 2010 – Sep 15, 2017
8 dated records

Sources