Rock River near Rock Valley, IA
Rock River IA USGS
Rock River near Rock Valley, IA (06483500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Rock River in IA, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 24 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06483500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- IA
- Coordinates
- 43.2151, -96.2950
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachRock River near Rock Valley, IA has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 7242913). The dataset includes 24 species with recorded observations.
Species include: central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), and 19 others.
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Bigmouth Shiner Hybopsis dorsalis
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Trout-Perch Percopsis omiscomaycus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
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
- 24 species
- from 24 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 17, 2009 – Aug 17, 2009
- 24 dated records