BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON, IA
BIG SIOUX RIVER IA USGS
BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON, IA (06485500) is a real-time river monitoring station on the BIG SIOUX RIVER in IA, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level, and streamflow and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 51 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06485500
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- IA
- Coordinates
- 42.8375, -96.5619
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedBig Sioux River At Akron, IA has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10170203 containing this station. The dataset includes 51 species with recorded observations.
Species include: black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), and 46 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Southern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus erythrogaster
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongatus
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Bigmouth Shiner Hybopsis dorsalis
- Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix non-native
- Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis non-native
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Silver Carp, Bighead Carp). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
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
- 51 species
- from 51 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 3, 2004 – Aug 12, 2013
- 8 dated records