Salt Creek near Ashland, Nebr.
Salt Creek NE USGS
Salt Creek near Ashland, Nebr. (06805000) is a real-time river monitoring station on the Salt Creek in NE, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 28 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06805000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- NE
- Coordinates
- 41.0517, -96.3386
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbySalt Creek Near Ashland, Nebr. has 28 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), River Carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), Red Shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), and 23 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Bigmouth Shiner Ericymba dorsalis
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Plains Sand Shiner Miniellus missuriensis
- White Perch Morone americana
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Grass Carp, European Carp). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 28 species
- from 83 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 8, 2017 – Jul 25, 2026
- 83 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 83 records