Table Wq01: Fish Kills and Water Pollution Investigations in the Elk River Basin

1970 - 1998.
Date	Stream	County	# of Fish	Est. value	Cause/Source
July 07, 1981	Miser Hollow Branch	McDonald			petroleum
July 29, 1980	Elk River	McDonald			grain
Nov. 20, 1978	Elk River	McDonald			septic tank seepage
Nov. 20, 1978	Little Sugar Creek	McDonald			sewage effluent/silt
Pre-1982 Total			0	0.00
Oct. 13, 1998	Cave Spring Branch	McDonald	8	$4.02	poultry processing waste
Sep. 3, 1998	Elk River	McDonald			ammonia
Jul. 14, 1998	Elk River	McDonald	250-300 mussels		sewage suspected
Apr. 2, 1998	Honey Creek	McDonald			concrete
Feb. 24, 1998	Cave Spring Branch	McDonald	0		poultry processing waste
Jul. 28, 1997	Elk River	McDonald			high temp./low flow
May 7, 1997	Elk River				unknown
Aug. 9, 1996	Thief Hollow Creek	McDonald			hydraulic fluid
Jul. 26, 1996	Butts Ponds	McDonald			poultry manure
Mar. 29, 1996	Elk River (floodplain)	McDonald			food processing wastes
Sep. 25, 1995	Elk River	McDonald			municipal wastewater
Oct. 07, 1994	Little Sugar Creek	McDonald			diesel fuel
Oct. 22, 1994	Stogdon Creek	McDonald			poultry waste
Dec. 20, 1991	Honey Creek	McDonald			petroleum
Aug. 09, 1989	Little Sugar Creek	McDonald	0		mining
Mar. 13, 1987	Cave Springs Branch	McDonald	317	$50.62	poultry waste
Dec. 08, 1986	Indian Creek	McDonald	0	0	railroad
May 12, 1985	Buffalo Creek	McDonald	0	0	unknown
Apr. 27, 1984	Indian Creek	McDonald			municipal sewage
Dec. 09, 1983	Indian Creek	McDonald	unknown	0	dodecyl benzen/railroad
Aug. 08, 1982	Patterson Creek	McDonald			unknown pesticide
Post-1982 Total			325	$54.64

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