Flathead River at Columbia Falls MT
Flathead River MT USGS
Flathead River at Columbia Falls MT (12363000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Flathead 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. 14 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 12363000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MT
- Coordinates
- 48.3618, -114.1850
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedFlathead River at Columbia Falls MT has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 17010208 containing this station. The dataset includes 14 species with recorded observations.
Species include: black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), largescale sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus), brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans), northern pike (Esox lucius), and 9 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- Largescale Sucker Catostomus macrocheilus
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Northern Pikeminnow Ptychocheilus oregonensis
- 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
- 14 species
- from 14 individual records
- Observed
- Mar 20, 2015 – Mar 14, 2016
- 13 dated records
Sources
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