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SMOKY HILL R AT ELKADER, KS

SMOKY HILL RIVER KS USGS

SMOKY HILL R AT ELKADER, KS (06860000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SMOKY HILL RIVER in KS, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 11 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.

USGS site number
06860000
Agency
USGS
State
KS
Coordinates
38.7947, -100.8585

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Fish recorded near this station

Expected in this watershed

Smoky Hill R At Elkader, KS lies within HUC8 watershed 10260003. USGS coarse native range maps (derived from AGAP, IchthyMaps, NatureServe) indicate 11 fish species are expected to occur in this watershed.

Species include: orangethroat darter (Etheostoma spectabile), northern plains killifish (Fundulus kansae), plains killifish (Fundulus zebrinus), western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), brassy minnow (Hybognathus hankinsoni), and 6 others.

Where these records come from

Evidence
Expected in this watershed
Range maps place these species in this watershed; no local survey has confirmed them at this station.
Records
11 species
from 11 individual records
Observed
No observation dates recorded

Sources