SOUTH PLATTE RIVER ABOVE CHEESMAN LAKE, CO.
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER CO USGS
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER ABOVE CHEESMAN LAKE, CO. (06700000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SOUTH PLATTE RIVER in CO, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 18 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06700000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- CO
- Coordinates
- 39.1628, -105.3097
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedSouth Platte River Above Cheesman Lake, CO. has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10190002 containing this station. The dataset includes 18 species with recorded observations.
Species include: central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans), iowa darter (Etheostoma exile), and 13 others.
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- 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
- 18 species
- from 18 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 6, 2003 – Jul 2, 2008
- 10 dated records
Sources
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