Sac River Basin  - Fish Kills 1977-99
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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

 

 

 

 

Johnson Creek

Lawrence

8/17/1991

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Palmer Pond

Vernon

3/20/1995

28% Nitrogen fertilizer

 

 

 

Jordan Creek

Greene

3/27/1995

Milk

 

 

 

Clear Creek, tributary to

Vernon

6/14/1995

Diesel oil

 

 

 

Chaney Branch of Horse Creek

Barton

8/30/1995

Hog manure (likely FALSE report)

 

 

 

Southern Hills Lake

Greene

9/22/1995

 

 

 

 

Doling Park Lake

Greene

9/28/1995

Sewage (suspected)

60

18.6

 

Clear Creek Spring

Greene

1/19/1996

Petroleum

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Jordan Creek

Greene

3/14/1996

Specific cause undetermined

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Miller Branch

Vernon

3/25/1998

Diesel fuel

12

1.2

 

Honey Creek

Lawrence

4/1/1998

Concrete

 

 

 

Little Sac River & Ritter Spring Branch

Greene

4/22/1998

Untreated sewage.

 

 

 

Simpson's Lake

Lawrence

4/24/1998

Unknown. Pesticide

32

57.31

 

Pea Ridge Creek

Greene

11/18/1998

Sewage

 

 

 

Douglas Branch

Vernon

11/23/1998

Hog Manure

 

 

 

Spangler Pond/Dry Wood Creek

Vernon

6/2/1999

 

12

1.2

 

Jordan Creek

Greene

12/30/1999

Unknown

2286

267.97

 

* $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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