KANSAS R AT LECOMPTON, KS
KANSAS RIVER KS USGS
KANSAS R AT LECOMPTON, KS (06891000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the KANSAS 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. 53 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06891000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- KS
- Coordinates
- 39.0511, -95.3864
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedKansas R At Lecompton, KS has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10270104 containing this station. The dataset includes 53 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 48 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
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
- Bigmouth Shiner Hybopsis dorsalis
- Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix non-native
- Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis non-native
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- 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
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Carmine Shiner Notropis percobromus
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Slender Madtom Noturus exilis
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala
- Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- Paddlefish Polyodon spathula
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Grass Carp, Silver Carp, Bighead Carp). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
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
- 53 species
- from 53 individual records
- Observed
- Nov 24, 2008 – Aug 2, 2011
- 6 dated records