ELK R AT ELK FALLS, KS
ELK RIVER KS USGS
ELK R AT ELK FALLS, KS (07169800) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the ELK 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. 34 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 07169800
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- KS
- Coordinates
- 37.3756, -96.1855
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachElk R At Elk Falls, KS has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 20945608). The dataset includes 34 species with recorded observations.
Species include: freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), bluntface shiner (Cyprinella camura), red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), and 29 others.
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Bluntface Shiner Cyprinella camura
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile
- Redfin Darter Etheostoma whipplei
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Pealip Redhorse Moxostoma pisolabrum
- Bigeye Shiner Notropis boops
- Ghost Shiner Notropis buchanani
- Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus
- Freckled Madtom Noturus nocturnus
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Slim Minnow Pimephales tenellus
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled at this station's reach
- Fish were sampled directly on the river reach this gauge sits on, so these species were recorded at this spot rather than inferred.
- Records
- 34 species
- from 34 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 26, 2011 – Jul 26, 2011
- 34 dated records