Blue River at Kansas City, MO
Blue River MO USGS
Blue River at Kansas City, MO (06893500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Blue River in MO, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 43 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06893500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MO
- Coordinates
- 38.9570, -94.5589
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedBlue River at Kansas City, MO has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10300101 containing this station. The dataset includes 43 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 38 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
- Northern Plains Killifish Fundulus kansae
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Bigmouth Shiner Hybopsis dorsalis
- Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix non-native
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- 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
- Cardinal Shiner Luxilus cardinalis
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Slender Madtom Noturus exilis
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- 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
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Grass Carp, Silver 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
- 43 species
- from 43 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 2, 2001 – Jun 16, 2011
- 7 dated records