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

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

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.