Fish Kill Event - Purgatory Creek
SW of Lohrville
- Event ID
- 895
- Date of Kill
- 8/2/2015
- Waterbody Type
- River/Stream
- Cause Origin
- Anthropogenic
- Cause
- Pesticides/Herbicides
- Mode
- Aerial Spraying
- Magnitude
- 3 (1001 - 5000 fish killed)
- Kill Length
- 2.80 miles
- County
- Calhoun
- ESD Field Office
- FO 3
- Fisheries Office
- Black Hawk Lake Office
- LongDD
- -94.62904
- LatDD
- 42.21982
- Created Date
- 10/23/2015 1:36:00 PM
- Last Update
- 2/7/2019 3:51:32 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.
It was reported that there were thousands of dead fish including catfish, bull heads, minnows, and etc. I met with the landowner this morning at the fish kill site. I observed dead fish in a small segment of Purgatory Creek ranging from T86N R33W Section 36 in Calhoun County to T85N R33W Section 2 in Carroll County. Through communication with two property owners, it was learned that aerial spraying (fungicide) had been performed in the watershed 5-7 days ago. It was reported that the application occurred in cornfields on both sides of Purgatory Creek near the area with the dead fish. It was reported that the applicators originated out of the Rockwell City airport.