Platte River near Grand Island, Nebr.
Platte River NE USGS
Platte River near Grand Island, Nebr. (06770500) 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. 18 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06770500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NE
- Coordinates
- 40.8741, -98.2822
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachPlatte River near Grand Island, Nebr. has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 7268297). The dataset includes 18 species with recorded observations.
Species include: yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), and 13 others.
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Plains Killifish Fundulus zebrinus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Bigmouth Shiner Hybopsis dorsalis
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Speckled Chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Flathead Chub Platygobio gracilis
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
- 18 species
- from 18 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 28, 1994 – Aug 28, 1994
- 18 dated records