Elm Ck at Ballinger, TX
Elm Creek TX USGS
Elm Ck at Ballinger, TX (08127000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Elm Creek in TX, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 17 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 08127000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- TX
- Coordinates
- 31.7493, -99.9479
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedElm Ck at Ballinger, TX has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 12090101 containing this station. The dataset includes 17 species with recorded observations.
Species include: black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), orangethroat darter (Etheostoma spectabile), western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), and 12 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis
- Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Texas Shiner Notropis amabilis
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
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
- 17 species
- from 17 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 27, 1993 – Jul 22, 2009
- 6 dated records