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

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

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