Platte R Mid-Ch, Cottonwood Ranch nr Elm Cr, Nebr.
Platte River NE USGS
Platte R Mid-Ch, Cottonwood Ranch nr Elm Cr, Nebr. (06768035) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the 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. 38 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06768035
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NE
- Coordinates
- 40.6856, -99.4393
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedPlatte R Mid-Ch, Cottonwood Ranch nr Elm Cr, Nebr. has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10200101 containing this station. The dataset includes 38 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 33 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
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- 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
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Speckled Chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis
- Silver Chub Macrhybopsis storeriana
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- River Shiner Notropis blennius
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Flathead Chub Platygobio gracilis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- 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
- 38 species
- from 38 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 28, 1994 – Jun 10, 2009
- 8 dated records