SMOKY HILL R NR MENTOR, KS
SMOKY HILL RIVER KS USGS
SMOKY HILL R NR MENTOR, KS (06866500) 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. 22 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06866500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- KS
- Coordinates
- 38.7111, -97.5717
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Fish recorded near this station
Expected in this watershedSmoky Hill R Nr Mentor, KS lies within HUC8 watershed 10260008. USGS coarse native range maps (derived from AGAP, GBIF, IchthyMaps, NatureServe) indicate 22 fish species are expected to occur in this watershed.
Species include: southern redbelly dace (Chrosomus erythrogaster), johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum), orangethroat darter (Etheostoma spectabile), northern plains killifish (Fundulus kansae), blackstripe topminnow (Fundulus notatus), and 17 others.
- Southern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus erythrogaster
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile
- Northern Plains Killifish Fundulus kansae
- Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus
- Plains Killifish Fundulus zebrinus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Speckled Chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis
- Shoal Chub Macrhybopsis hyostoma
- Silver Chub Macrhybopsis storeriana
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
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
- 22 species
- from 22 individual records
- Observed
- No observation dates recorded