Fish Kill Event - Big Cedar Creek
Seven miles northeast of Fonda
- Event ID
- 871
- Date of Kill
- 9/16/2013
- Waterbody Type
- River/Stream
- Cause Origin
- Anthropogenic
- Cause
- Animal Waste
- Mode
- Discharge
- Animal Waste Source
- Lagoon/Storage
- Animal Type
- Hogs
- Approx Head
- Unknown/Unspecified
- Magnitude
- 7 (50,001 - 100,000 fish killed)
- Estimated Fish Killed
- 99,905
- Kill Length
- 4.79 miles
- Valuation
- $19,862.81
- Investigation Expenses
- $495.26
- County
- Pocahontas
- ESD Field Office
- FO 3
- Fisheries Office
- Black Hawk Lake Office
- LongDD
- -94.80629
- LatDD
- 42.68018
- Created Date
- 9/20/2013 8:45:00 AM
- Last Update
- 2/12/2024 1:59:20 PM
Impacted Assessment Segments
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
Source was an underground tile line that came from a small hog confinement/nursery that uses an earthen basin to store manure.
SPECIES | NUMBER KILLED | MONETARY VALUE |
Minnows, shiners, dace, chubs | 96,799 | $8,711.91 |
Catfish spp. | 1,108 | $619.45 |
Sunfish | 2 | $30.00 |
Smallmouth Bass | 601 | $9,015.00 |
Sucker spp. | 731 | $1,376.89 |
Darters/Stonerollers | 465 | $91.47 |
Commmon Carp | 199 | $18.09 |
Total | 99,905 | $19,862.81 |