Fish Kill Event - Long Dick Creek
2 mi NE of Randall
- Event ID
- 599
- Date of Kill
- 4/19/2004
- Waterbody Type
- River/Stream
- Cause Origin
- Anthropogenic
- Cause
- Animal Waste
- Mode
- Spill
- Animal Waste Source
- Land-Applied
- Animal Type
- Unknown/Unspecified
- Approx Head
- Unknown/Unspecified
- Magnitude
- 1 (1 - 100 fish killed)
- Estimated Fish Killed
- 15
- Kill Length
- not enumerated
- County
- Hamilton
- ESD Field Office
- FO 2
- Fisheries Office
- Clear Lake Station
- LongDD
- -93.52188
- LatDD
- 42.25206
- Created Date
- 5/3/2004 12:00:00 AM
- Last Update
- 3/14/2019 3:21:43 PM
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.
Commercial applicator dumped about 3,000 gallons of manure Monday afternoon after he became stuck in a field roughly three miles northeast of Randall. Releasing the manure helped him free his equipment, but the manure reached a broken tile line at the end of the field.
An unknown amount of manure reached Long Dick Creek which flows into the Skunk River about two miles south of Story City. Applicator acted quickly to place dams in front of the tile line break and below the tile line to block manure coming out of the line from reaching the creek. The dams were in place by the time the DNR reached the scene. Applicator had pumped manure from behind the dams into a honey wagon. He also flushed contamination out of the tile line with about 1600 gallons of clean water.
Clay Swanson, environmental specialist from the DNR Mason City field office, found approximately 15 dead minnows near the discharge point, but none further downstream. Field tests Monday night showed slightly elevated ammonia levels in the flush water from the tile line.
No further fish kill count is planned at this time due to the incidental amount of dead fish observed on the scene. The DNR will continue to monitor the site and will take appropriate legal action.