Fish Kill Event - East Fork Crooked Creek

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Event ID: 788
Date of Kill: 8/7/2008
Waterbody Type: River/Stream
Cause Origin: Anthropogenic
Cause: Pesticides/Herbicides
Mode: Runoff
Magnitude: 5 (10,001 - 25,000 fish killed)
Estimated Fish Killed: 14,510
Kill Length: 6.98 miles
Valuation: $26,244.53
Investigation Expenses: $665.33
County: Louisa
ESD Field Office: FO 6
Fisheries Office: Lake Darling State Park
LongDD: -91.35154
LatDD: 41.08231
Created Date: 10/7/2008 1:17:00 PM
Last Update: 3/27/2019 8:24:59 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

Appears to have been caused by aerial spraying of fungicide. Sample results indicated a concentration of 29ppb of pyraclostrobin. Literature indicates this product is acutely toxic to aquatic life at ~11ppb. No responsible party identified. Appears to be fungicide named Headline. In this case it was both aerial spraying and truck-based spraying.