Blackfoot River near Bonner MT
Blackfoot River MT USGS
Blackfoot River near Bonner MT (12340000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Blackfoot River in MT, 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
- 12340000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MT
- Coordinates
- 46.8994, -113.7563
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedBlackfoot River near Bonner MT has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 17010203 containing this station. The dataset includes 15 species with recorded observations.
Species include: longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), largescale sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus), mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii), slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus), shorthead sculpin (Cottus confusus), and 10 others.
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- Largescale Sucker Catostomus macrocheilus
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Shorthead Sculpin Cottus confusus
- Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
- Northern Pikeminnow Ptychocheilus oregonensis
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Redside Shiner Richardsonius balteatus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
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
- Aug 18, 1998 – Jul 8, 2008
- 2 dated records
Sources
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