Fish Kill Event - Buck Creek
Near Garnavillo- Sections 4 and 9 Clayton Twsp and Sec 16 Garnavillo Twsp
- Event ID
- 875
- Date of Kill
- 9/3/2014
- Waterbody Type
- River/Stream
- Cause Origin
- Anthropogenic
- Cause
- Animal Waste
- Mode
- Runoff
- Animal Waste Source
- Land-Applied
- Animal Type
- Cattle (Dairy)
- Approx Head
- Unknown/Unspecified
- Magnitude
- 6 (25,001 - 50,000 fish killed)
- Estimated Fish Killed
- 36,350
- Kill Length
- 5.07 miles
- Valuation
- $26,023.35
- Investigation Expenses
- $1,147.51
- County
- Clayton
- ESD Field Office
- FO 1
- Fisheries Office
- Decorah State Hatchery
- LongDD
- -91.21171
- LatDD
- 42.89810
- Estimated Origin Location
- True
- Created Date
- 10/21/2015 10:37:00 AM
- Last Update
- 3/7/2024 10:21:52 AM
Impacted Assessment Segments
The indicated location of this event has been estimated.
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
Land applied dairy confinement manure too close to a waterway.
SPECIES | NUMBER KILLED | MONETARY VALUE |
Minnows, shiners, dace, chubs | 15,975 | $1,437.75 |
Suckers spp. | 909 | $2,074.64 |
Darters | 15,779 | $3,332.89 |
Stonerollers | 2,423 | $218.07 |
Brook Trout | 1 | $15.00 |
Rainbow Trout | 91 | $1,365.00 |
Brown Trout | 1,172 | $17,580.00 |
Total | 36,350 | $26,023.35 |