Fish Kill Event - Deer Creek

north central Polk County

Event ID: 975
Date of Kill: 7/25/2019
Waterbody Type: River/Stream
Cause Origin: Anthropogenic
Cause: Pesticides/Herbicides
Mode: Aerial Spraying
Magnitude: 3 (1001 - 5000 fish killed)
Estimated Fish Killed: 3,942
Kill Length: 1.60 miles
Valuation: $609.58
Investigation Expenses: $548.09
County: Polk
ESD Field Office: FO 5
Fisheries Office: Boone Research Station
LongDD: -93.53973
LatDD: 41.75715
Created Date: 8/5/2019 9:03:29 AM
Last Update: 8/5/2019 9:08:54 AM

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

Environmental Service’s Division staff speculate that fungicide and/or insecticide from aerial crop spraying.

The fish kill occurred on Deer Creek, in northcentral Polk County. The killed reach covered 1.6 stream miles, from 15T 455131 4622954 to 15T 454082 4621787