Assessment Comments
Assessment is based on results of an IDNR investigation of fish kill in January 2001.
Basis for Assessment
SUMMARY: The general aquatic life uses of Klondike (aka, Plum) Creek are assessed (monitored) as "fully supported / threatened" due to occurrence of a fish kill in a tributary of this general use stream segment.
EXPLANATION: A fish kill occurred on an unnamed tributary to Klondike Creek on January 10, 2001. The party responsible for the kill was identified. The kill affected approximately 1 mile of an unnamed tributary to its confluence with Klondike Creek. An estimated 25 fish were killed. Although dead fish were observed in the unnamed tributary, they were not observed in Klondike Creek. The kill was caused by hog manure that reached the unnamed tributary. Temporary measures by the facility, such as building 3-4 dikes across the waterway, were implemented to further reduce the impact. According to DNR's assessment methodology for Section 305(b) reporting, occurrence of a single pollution-caused fish kill during the most recent three-year period (1998-2001) indicates "partial support" of the aquatic life uses. Because the kill approached, but apparently did not reach, Klondike Creek, the general aquatic life uses of this stream segment were assessed as "fully supported / threatened."
