YAKIMA RIVER ABOVE AHTANUM CREEK AT UNION GAP, WA
YAKIMA RIVER WA USGS
YAKIMA RIVER ABOVE AHTANUM CREEK AT UNION GAP, WA (12500450) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the YAKIMA RIVER in WA, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 21 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 12500450
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- WA
- Coordinates
- 46.5343, -120.4673
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedYakima River Above Ahtanum Creek At Union Gap, WA has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 17030003 containing this station. The dataset includes 21 species with recorded observations.
Species include: chiselmouth (Acrocheilus alutaceus), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), bridgelip sucker (Catostomus columbianus), largescale sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus), mountain sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus), and 16 others.
- Chiselmouth Acrocheilus alutaceus
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- Bridgelip Sucker Catostomus columbianus
- Largescale Sucker Catostomus macrocheilus
- Mountain Sucker Catostomus platyrhynchus
- Prickly Sculpin Cottus asper
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Paiute Sculpin Cottus beldingii
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Torrent Sculpin Cottus rhotheus
- Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
- Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
- Northern Pikeminnow Ptychocheilus oregonensis
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus
- Redside Shiner Richardsonius balteatus
- Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus
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
- 21 species
- from 21 individual records
- Observed
- May 18, 1994 – Aug 16, 2011
- 8 dated records
Sources
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