Fish Kill Event - Unnamed Tributary to Whiskey Creek
Between Marcus and Remsen
- Event ID
- 1022
- Date of Kill
- 4/13/2021
- Waterbody Type
- River/Stream
- Cause Origin
- Anthropogenic
- Cause
- Animal Waste
- Mode
- Spill
- Animal Waste Source
- Unknown/Unspecified
- Animal Type
- Unknown/Unspecified
- Approx Head
- Unknown/Unspecified
- Magnitude
- 5 (10,001 - 25,000 fish killed)
- Estimated Fish Killed
- 13,159
- Kill Length
- 1.34 miles
- Valuation
- $1,974.27
- Investigation Expenses
- $511.06
- County
- Plymouth
- ESD Field Office
- FO 3
- Fisheries Office
- Spirit Lake Hatchery
- LongDD
- -95.87560
- LatDD
- 42.79308
- Created Date
- 9/29/2022 10:22:19 AM
- Last Update
- 9/29/2022 10:22:19 AM
Impacted Assessment Segments
Lat/Long uses WGS84 datum
Highlighted river segments indicate those impacted in part or whole by this fish kill event. It is not meant to represent the actual extent of the kill.
Onsite Comments
Manure from a tanker entered a tributary of Whiskey Creek via a road ditch.The fish kill originated from manure spill entering a tributary of Whiskey Creek at (42.793081 -95.875604) in the NW 1/4 of Section 13 T92N R43W extending downstream approximately 2,360 yards.
Species | Number Killed | Value |
Minnow Shiner Dace Chub | 12,804 | $1536.53 |
Suckers | 72 | $183.35 |
Darters | 125 | $96.42 |
Madtom/Stonecat | 159 | $157.98 |