North Platte River at Scottsbluff, Nebr.
North Platte River NE USGS
North Platte River at Scottsbluff, Nebr. (06680500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the North Platte River in NE, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 20 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06680500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NE
- Coordinates
- 41.8505, -103.6755
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachNorth Platte River at Scottsbluff, Nebr. has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 17510084). The dataset includes 20 species with recorded observations.
Species include: central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), and 15 others.
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile
- Plains Topminnow Fundulus sciadicus
- Plains Killifish Fundulus zebrinus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Bigmouth Shiner Hybopsis dorsalis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- 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
- 20 species
- from 20 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 18, 2006 – Aug 18, 2006
- 20 dated records