NORTH PLATTE RIVER BELOW WHALEN DIVERSION DAM, WY
NORTH PLATTE RIVER WY USGS
NORTH PLATTE RIVER BELOW WHALEN DIVERSION DAM, WY (06657000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the NORTH PLATTE RIVER in WY, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 42 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06657000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- WY
- Coordinates
- 42.2410, -104.6280
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedNorth Platte River Below Whalen Diversion DAM, WY has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10180009 containing this station. The dataset includes 42 species with recorded observations.
Species include: black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), and 37 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile
- Northern Plains Killifish Fundulus kansae
- Plains Topminnow Fundulus sciadicus
- Plains Killifish Fundulus zebrinus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Western Silvery Minnow Hybognathus argyritis
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Plains Minnow Hybognathus placitus
- Bigmouth Shiner Hybopsis dorsalis
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- River Shiner Notropis blennius
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- Flathead Chub Platygobio gracilis
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- 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
- 42 species
- from 42 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 15, 2001 – Sep 24, 2008
- 8 dated records
Sources
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