AMERICAN R A FAIR OAKS CA
AMERICAN RIVER CA USGS
AMERICAN R A FAIR OAKS CA (11446500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the AMERICAN RIVER in CA, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 15 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 11446500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- CA
- Coordinates
- 38.6354, -121.2277
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedAmerican R A Fair Oaks CA has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 18020111 containing this station. The dataset includes 15 species with recorded observations.
Species include: white catfish (Ameiurus catus), sacramento sucker (Catostomus occidentalis), prickly sculpin (Cottus asper), riffle sculpin (Cottus gulosus), western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), and 10 others.
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Sacramento Sucker Catostomus occidentalis
- Prickly Sculpin Cottus asper
- Riffle Sculpin Cottus gulosus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Sacramento Pikeminnow Ptychocheilus grandis
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
- 15 species
- from 15 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 12, 1996 – Aug 26, 2010
- 9 dated records
Sources
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