Bitterroot River near Missoula MT
Bitterroot River MT USGS
Bitterroot River near Missoula MT (12352500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Bitterroot 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. 7 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 12352500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MT
- Coordinates
- 46.8317, -114.0549
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachBitterroot River near Missoula MT has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 24319206). The dataset includes 7 species with recorded observations.
Species include: longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), largescale sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni), northern pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis), and 2 others.
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- Largescale Sucker Catostomus macrocheilus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
- Northern Pikeminnow Ptychocheilus oregonensis
- Redside Shiner Richardsonius balteatus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
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
- 7 species
- from 7 individual records
- Observed
- Mar 30, 2016 – Mar 30, 2016
- 7 dated records
Sources
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