Iowa DNR
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Fish Kill DatabaseDB

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
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

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.