Blue River at 12th Street in Kansas City, MO
Blue River MO USGS
Blue River at 12th Street in Kansas City, MO (06893590) is a real-time river monitoring station on the Blue River in MO, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 28 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06893590
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- MO
- Coordinates
- 39.0969, -94.4910
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyBlue River At 12Th Street In Kansas City, Mo has 28 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), Red Shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), and 23 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile
- Plains Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile pulchellum
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
- Lake Sturgeon Huso fulvescens
- Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix non-native
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus
- Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Grass Carp, European 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
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 28 species
- from 53 individual records
- Observed
- Apr 20, 2014 – Aug 1, 2026
- 53 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 53 records