Iowa DNR
Fish Kill DatabaseDB

Fish Kill Event - Little Wapsipinicon River

1.3 mi N of Fairbank

Event ID
1005
Date of Kill
9/8/2020
Waterbody Type
River/Stream
Cause Origin
Unknown
Cause
Unknown - Anthropogenic Suspected
Mode
N/A
Magnitude
1 (1 - 100 fish killed)
Estimated Fish Killed
58
Kill Length
0.10 miles
Valuation
$170.52
Investigation Expenses
$423.35
County
Fayette
ESD Field Office
FO 1
Fisheries Office
Decorah State Hatchery
LongDD
-92.04606
LatDD
42.65698
Created Date
9/28/2020 3:29:37 PM
Last Update
2/1/2024 10:02:17 AM
For more information about this fish kill event, contact the Field Office or Fisheries Office listed above.
Impacted Assessment Segments
Lat/Long uses WGS84 datum
Onsite Comments

No contaminants were found by ESD Field Office 1 or DNR Fisheries. The timing of the kill was consistent with a pollutant caused kill given the discovery of dead fish after a modest rainfall event that followed an extended period of dry and warm weather. Only sucker species were found dead and that is not consistent with a pollutant kill to find a single genus of fish. Our speculation is that this group of large-bodied fish were located in a relatively small pool of water subjected to a contaminant and floated down to the location that they were found in a natural fish trap (a channel cut-off adjacent to the river).