KANSAS R AT TOPEKA, KS
KANSAS RIVER KS USGS
KANSAS R AT TOPEKA, KS (06889000) is a real-time river monitoring station on the KANSAS RIVER in KS, 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. 48 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06889000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- KS
- Coordinates
- 39.0667, -95.6497
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedKansas R At Topeka, KS has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10270102 containing this station. The dataset includes 48 species with recorded observations.
Species include: black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), and 43 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Southern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus erythrogaster
- Bluntface Shiner Cyprinella camura
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile
- 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
- Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Carmine Shiner Notropis percobromus
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Topeka Shiner Notropis topeka
- Slender Madtom Noturus exilis
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- 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
- 48 species
- from 48 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 11, 1998 – Aug 11, 2011
- 7 dated records