West Fork Big Blue River near Dorchester, Nebr.
West Fork Big Blue River NE USGS
West Fork Big Blue River near Dorchester, Nebr. (06880800) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the West Fork Big Blue 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. 17 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06880800
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NE
- Coordinates
- 40.7315, -97.1778
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedWest Fork Big Blue River near Dorchester, Nebr. has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10270203 containing this station. The dataset includes 17 species with recorded observations.
Species include: black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), and 12 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- River Shiner Notropis blennius
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
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
- 17 species
- from 17 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 28, 2007 – Jun 17, 2009
- 6 dated records