Fish Kill Event - Lotts Creek
Lotts Creek and East Fork Des Moines River
- Event ID
- 500
- Date of Kill
- 12/14/2001
- Waterbody Type
- River/Stream
- Cause Origin
- Anthropogenic
- Cause
- Ammonia/Fertilizer
- Mode
- Spill
- Magnitude
- 10 (1,000,000 or more fish killed)
- Estimated Fish Killed
- 1,295,205
- Kill Length
- 49.00 miles
- Valuation
- $147,713.32
- County
- Kossuth
- ESD Field Office
- FO 2
- Fisheries Office
- Clear Lake Station
- LongDD
- -94.38192
- LatDD
- 43.10129
- Created Date
- 1/3/2002 12:00:00 AM
- Last Update
- 2/19/2019 1:22:13 PM
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
Break in ammonia pipeline. Kill traveled 31 miles starting in S 27 of Lotts Creek Twnsp, Kossuth Co., to the confluence with E Fork DSM River in S 8 of Humboldt Twnsp, Humboldt Co. Kill then traveled 18.5 miles from Lotts Creek confluence with E Fork DSM river to the Dakota City Park in S 6, Beaver Twnsp, Humboldt Co.
Feb 2019 review- updated impacted segments and set origin point at proper location.