Little Platte River at Smithville, MO
Little Platte River MO USGS
Little Platte River at Smithville, MO (06821150) is a real-time river monitoring station on the Little Platte River in MO, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level, and streamflow and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 27 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06821150
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MO
- Coordinates
- 39.3881, -94.5791
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedLittle Platte River at Smithville, MO has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10240012 containing this station. The dataset includes 27 species with recorded observations.
Species include: black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 22 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Plains Minnow Hybognathus placitus
- Bigmouth Shiner Hybopsis dorsalis
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- 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
- 27 species
- from 27 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 17, 2002 – Jul 22, 2014
- 8 dated records