Fish Kill Event - South Big Creek
1 mile west of Yarmouth
- Event ID
- 910
- Date of Kill
- 8/2/2016
- Waterbody Type
- River/Stream
- Cause Origin
- Anthropogenic
- Cause
- Pesticides/Herbicides
- Mode
- Runoff
- Magnitude
- 2 (101 - 1000 fish killed)
- Estimated Fish Killed
- 129
- Kill Length
- 0.25 miles
- Valuation
- $112.69
- Investigation Expenses
- $348.97
- County
- Des Moines
- ESD Field Office
- FO 6
- Fisheries Office
- Lake Darling State Park
- LongDD
- -91.37119
- LatDD
- 41.02611
- Created Date
- 10/31/2016 2:42:00 PM
- Last Update
- 2/11/2019 1:49:00 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.
A fish kill near the headwaters of Big Creek about a mile west of Yarmouth in Des Moines County resulted in less than a quarter of a mile of stream being impacted. The total number of fish killed was 129, which included green sunfish, bullheads, Johnny darters, minnows and white suckers. The fish were valued at $112. The cause of the fish kill was determined to have been from a landowner using a ground sprayer who disposed of the last 40 gallons of a fungicide near the creek. Recent rain caused the chemical to flow into the stream, causing the fish kill. It is believed that heavy vegetation along the path to the stream helped decrease the concentration of the chemical and reduced the length of the fish kill.
2019 data review- this was mistakenly placed on Bear Creek segment. It has been corrected to segment #6271