Fish Kill Event - Mississippi River
Davenport - along shore from Lock and Dam 15 to Credit Island Park
- Event ID
- 918
- Date of Kill
- 1/29/2015
- Waterbody Type
- River/Stream
- Cause Origin
- Natural
- Cause
- Disease/Parasite/Stress
- Mode
- N/A
- Magnitude
- 2 (101 - 1000 fish killed)
- Estimated Fish Killed
- 270
- Kill Length
- 2.00 miles
- County
- Scott
- ESD Field Office
- FO 6
- Fisheries Office
- Lake Darling State Park
- LongDD
- -90.57360
- LatDD
- 41.51610
- Created Date
- 11/2/2016 10:46:00 AM
- Last Update
- 2/7/2019 2:49:18 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
Approximately 270 dead freshwater drum have been reported along the shoreline of the Mississippi River near Davenport. Fisheries biologists investigated the fish kill that occurred along the river shoreline from Lock and Dam 15 to Credit Island Park. The fish kill was determined to be from natural causes, either oxygen depletion, stress or disease. A similar fish kill of freshwater drum occurred at approximately the same time last year in the same area.