Known from the basins of Lakes Erie and Michigan and Mississippi River from New York to Minnesota, south to Tennessee River drainage in Albama, and White and Arkansas River drainages in Arizona and Oklahoma. Isolated populations are on Former Mississippi Embayment in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas; Kansas River system in Kansas; and upper Arkansas River drainage in Colorado and New Mexico (Ref. 86798). Recorded from the Mississippi River basin and tributaries to Lake Michigan and Lake Erie (Ref. 10294). Common in upland and spring-fed streams; absent in lowland areas (Ref. 5723, 86798).

Status of threat of the upper Arkansas River populations: vulnerable. Criteria: 1,5 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).