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

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