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Sac River Basin - Fish Kills 1977-99

Fish Kills in the Sac River Basin from 1977 to 1999
Stream/Pond |
County |
Date |
Cause |
Number |
Value$ |
Area |
S. Dry Sac River |
Greene |
7/31/1977 |
Sewage |
1,400 |
|
1 mile |
Limestone Creek |
Dade |
6/30/1978 |
Timber clearing/ soil erosion |
|
|
|
Horse Creek |
Dade |
4/26/1978 |
WWTF effluent |
|
|
|
Little Sac River |
Greene |
11/30/1978 |
Landfill seepage |
|
|
|
Coon Creek |
St. Clair |
4/7/1978 |
Petroleum |
|
|
|
Giddings Pond |
Dade |
6/23/1979 |
Unknown |
9,255 |
|
12 acres |
Grus Pond |
St. Clair |
12/3/1979 |
Chlorine suspected |
Unknown |
|
0.3 acres |
Asher Creek |
Greene |
8/24/1979 |
Petroleum
pipeline rupture |
42,112 |
14,891.00* |
5
miles |
Mile
Branch Trib |
Polk |
1/26/1980 |
Petroleum |
|
|
|
Little
Sac River |
Greene |
9/22/1982 |
WWTF
effluent |
|
|
unknown |
S.
Dry Sac River |
Greene |
4/2/1982 |
WWTF
effluent |
169 |
147.8 |
0.7
miles |
Little
Sac River |
Greene |
7/12/1982 |
WWTF effluent |
4,046 |
1,657.67 |
7.5 miles |
Coon
Creek Trib |
St. Clair |
8/19/1982 |
Animal Manure |
100 |
4 |
0.5 miles |
McConnell Pond |
Dade |
8/25/1981 |
Unknown |
83 |
|
1.5 acres |
Little
Sac River |
Greene |
8/1/1983 |
Oxygen depletion |
108 |
56.62 |
0.1 miles |
Little Sac River |
Greene |
10/18/1983 |
WWTF effluent |
|
|
1.0 miles |
Limestone Creek |
Dade |
9/8/1983 |
Unauthorized Channelization |
|
|
0.5 miles |
Sac River |
Dade |
1/9/1984 |
Chemical spill |
|
|
unknown |
Sons Creek |
Dade |
2/21/1984 |
Industrial effluent |
|
|
unknown |
Sons Creek |
Dade |
3/9/1984 |
Uncontrolled |
|
|
unknown |
Sons
Creek |
Dade |
4/11/1984 |
Uncontrolled
dumping |
|
|
unknown |
Sons
Creek |
Dade |
7/11/1985 |
Industrial
effluent |
0 |
|
|
Turnback
Creek |
Dade |
10/16/1985 |
Low
DO (natural) |
1,192+ |
|
|
Hunter
Branch |
Cedar |
2/18/1986 |
Industrial
effluent |
200 |
12 |
|
Stockton
Lake |
Cedar |
5/6/1986 |
Bacteria |
2,000 |
|
|
Turnback
Creek |
Lawrence |
7/20/1986 |
Transportation
spill |
0 |
0 |
|
Little
Sac River |
Polk |
3/14/1986 |
Human
Waste |
0 |
0 |
|
Deere
Creek |
Polk |
8/4/1986 |
Transportation
spill |
0 |
0 |
|
Kile
Creek |
Dade |
5/3/1987 |
Animal
manure |
1,364 |
833.68 |
|
none |
Dade |
5/11/1987 |
Transportation
spill |
0 |
0 |
|
Stockton
Lake |
Dade |
7/13/1987 |
Bluegreen
algae |
unknown |
unknown |
|
Little
Sac Trib. |
Greene |
2/26/1987 |
Garbage |
0 |
0 |
|
Doling
Branch |
Greene |
5/11/1987 |
Sewage |
0 |
0 |
|
N.
Dry Sac Trib |
Greene |
7/27/1987 |
Sewage |
0 |
0 |
|
Stahl
Creek |
Lawrence |
7/20/1987 |
Sewage |
0 |
0 |
|
Stahl
Creek |
Lawrence |
8/11/1987 |
Sewage |
0 |
0 |
|
Little
Sac River |
Greene |
8/3/1990 |
Sewage |
4,071 |
705.74 |
|
Stahl
Creek |
Lawrence |
3/18/1991 |
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|
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Johnson
Creek |
Lawrence |
8/17/1991 |
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|
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Slagle
Creek Tributary |
Polk |
3/10/1991 |
Winterkill |
200 |
|
.25
mile |
Kay
Pond |
Polk |
6/26/1991 |
Summerkill |
unknown |
|
.5
acre |
Faucett
Pond |
Cedar |
6/1/1992 |
Summerkill |
unknown |
|
1
acre |
Stockton
Lake |
Cedar |
4/10/1992 |
Disease |
unknown |
|
|
McLanahan
Pond |
Dade |
8/28/1992 |
Summerkill |
400 |
|
2
acres |
Eft
Pond |
Dade |
7/24/1992 |
Summerkill |
12 |
|
.5
acres |
Bois
D'Arc CA |
Greene |
7/7/1992 |
Summerkill |
|
|
0.5 |
Milsap
Pond |
Greene |
7/28/1992 |
Summerkill |
|
|
0.25 |
Boyce
Pond |
Greene |
10/7/1992 |
Disease |
|
|
|
Bois
D'Arc CA |
Greene |
7/7/1992 |
Summerkill |
|
|
1 |
Bois D'Arc CA |
Greene |
6/20/1994 |
Parasites |
|
|
1.5
acres |
Chat Creek, tributary to |
Lawrence |
3/13/1995 |
#2 Diesel fuel |
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Palmer Pond |
Vernon |
3/20/1995 |
28% Nitrogen fertilizer |
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|
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Jordan Creek |
Greene |
3/27/1995 |
Milk |
|
|
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Clear Creek, tributary to |
Vernon |
6/14/1995 |
Diesel oil |
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Chaney Branch of Horse Creek |
Barton |
8/30/1995 |
Hog manure (likely FALSE report) |
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Southern Hills Lake |
Greene |
9/22/1995 |
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Doling
Park Lake |
Greene |
9/28/1995 |
Sewage (suspected) |
60 |
18.6 |
|
Clear
Creek Spring |
Greene |
1/19/1996 |
Petroleum |
|
|
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Pomme
de Terre Lake |
Hickory |
2/6/1996 |
|
7,000 |
6,894.74 |
|
Jordan Creek |
Greene |
2/13/1996 |
Specific cause undetermined |
2,198 |
343.11 |
|
Jordan Creek |
Greene |
3/14/1996 |
|
|
|
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Jordan
Creek |
Greene |
3/14/1996 |
Specific
cause undetermined |
|
|
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Clear Creek, tributary to |
Vernon |
9/11/1996 |
Sewage |
|
|
|
Brush
Creek |
Polk |
9/25/1996 |
Sewage |
|
|
|
Valley Water Mill Lake |
Greene |
9/30/1996 |
Low dissolved oxygen |
68 |
28.18 |
|
Burrell Park Lake (on Ward Branch) |
Greene |
4/21/1997 |
Yellow Paint-like substance |
56 |
50.56 |
|
Ingram
Mills/Shady Glenn Streets Retention pond |
Greene |
6/2/1997 |
Low dissolved oxygen (suspected) |
199 |
283.75 |
|
Wilson
Creek |
Greene |
6/23/1997 |
Raw
sewage |
53,440 |
10,147.11 |
|
Christian
Creek |
Vernon |
7/23/1997 |
Gasoline |
14 |
1.96 |
|
Brush
Creek |
Polk |
8/11/1997 |
Sewage |
|
|
|
Griesmers
Quarry Pond |
Greene |
9/9/1997 |
Low
dissolved oxygen |
100 |
|
|
Wilson
Creek |
Greene |
9/22/1997 |
Low
dissolved oxygen |
215 |
22.54 |
|
Monegaw
Creek |
St
Clair |
10/7/1997 |
Poorly
treated sewage |
|
|
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Miller
Branch |
Vernon |
3/25/1998 |
Diesel
fuel |
12 |
1.2 |
|
Honey
Creek |
Lawrence |
4/1/1998 |
Concrete |
|
|
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Little
Sac River & Ritter Spring Branch |
Greene |
4/22/1998 |
Untreated
sewage. |
|
|
|
Simpson's
Lake |
Lawrence |
4/24/1998 |
Unknown.
Pesticide |
32 |
57.31 |
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Pea Ridge Creek |
Greene
|
11/18/1998 |
Sewage |
|
|
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Douglas Branch |
Vernon |
11/23/1998 |
Hog Manure |
|
|
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Spangler Pond/Dry Wood Creek |
Vernon |
6/2/1999 |
|
12 |
1.2 |
|
Jordan Creek |
Greene |
12/30/1999 |
Unknown |
2286 |
267.97 |
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* $18,500.00 actual judgment amount. |
Source: Missouri Department of Conservation, available at
http://www.conservation.mo.gov/fish/watershed/sac/watqual/340wqt07.htm
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