t>QU.UTION IN 1971
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1971 FISH KILLS • TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OFFICE OF AIR AND WATER PROGRAMS
MONITORING AND DATA SUPPORT DIVISION
DATA REPORTING BRANCH
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
Prepared under the direction of Mr. Jesse L. Lewis, by: Mr. Harold L. Dodson,
, --Senior Analyst; Mr. Douglas S. Vaughan, Statistician; Mr. Robert H. Arvin, Writer/
- Editorfand Mrs. Nina S. Harllee, Statistical Clerk.
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Contents...
Foreword / 3
Summary, Significant Statistics of
Fish Kills Reported in 1971 / 5
Detailed Analyses of 1971 Reports / 6
Analyses of Pollution-Causing
Operations. National Basis / 12
Analyses of Pollution-Causing
Operations—Environmental Protection
Agency Regional Basis / 17
1971 Fish Kill Tables:
Table 1: Historical Summary of Pollution-
Caused Fish Kills, June 1960—December
1971 / 6
Table 2: Fish Kill Summary by Source
of Pollution, 1971 / 8
Table 3: Pollution-Caused Fish Kill
Summary by State, 1971 / 9
Table 4: Major Kills—100,000 or
Over / 10
Table 5: Fish Kill Summary by Type of
Water Body, 1971 / 10
Table 6: Fish Kill Summary by Type
of Water, 1971 / 11
Table 7: Fish Kill Summary by Month,
1971 / 11
Table 8: Fish Kill Summary by Severity
of Kill, 1971 / 11
Table 9: Number of Fish Kill Reports by
Source of Pollution Within EPA Regions,
1971 / 18
Table 10: Report of Fish Kills, 1971—
Cause Identified / 24
Table 11: Report of Fish Kills. 1971—
Cause Not Specifically Identified / 33
1971 Fish Kill Figures:
Figure 1: Density Map of Reported
Fish Kill Locations / 4
Figure 2: Cumulative Estimates of Fish
Killed, 1961 to 1971 / 7
Figure 3: Reported Number of Fish Killed
Versus Source of Pollution / 13
Figure 4: Number of Fish Kill Reports
Versus Source of Pollution / 14
Figure 5: Reported Number of Incidents of
Pollution-Caused Fish Kills Versus Major
And Unidentified Pollution Agents / 14
Figure 6: Pollution-Caused Fish Kills
in Region I / 19
Figure 7: Pollution-Caused Fish Kills
in Region II / 19
Figure 8: Pollution-Caused Fish Kills
in Region III / 20
Figure 9: Pollution-Caused Fish Kills
in Region IV / 20
Figure 10: Pollution-Caused Fish Kills
in Region V / 21
Figure 11: Pollution-Caused Fish Kills
in Region VI / 21
Figure 12: Pollution-Caused Fish Kills
in Region VII / 22
Figure 13: Pollution-Caused Fish Kills
in Region VIM / 22
Figure 14: Pollution-Caused Fish Kills
in Region IX / 23
Figure 15: Pollution-Caused Fish Kills
in Region X / 23
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Foreword...
I he annual fish kill report represents the combined efforts of private individuals; State
fish and game, health, and conservation officers: and water pollution control officials at the
State and Federal level. Usually, a fish kill is first noticed by a fisherman, camper, or other
private citizen, who initiates the reporting process by contacting a warden or other State
official. The State agency then sends trained specialists to investigate and identify the cause
and size of the kill. Where water pollution is determined or suspected to be the cause, the
State submits a report to the Environmental Protec(lon Agency
The annual fish kill report cannot be considered complete, since numerous kills go
unnoticed or unreported.
At this time, it is appropriate to recognize the dedication and effort devoted to the annual
fish kill report by Mr. James R. Marian, Conservationist, who retired recently from the Office
of Air and Water Programs. Environmental Protection Agency. His significant contributions
to the report extend from its inception in 1960 through this current publication.
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FIGURE 1—Density Map of Reported Fish Kill Locations
LEGEND
O Fish km* cramr thin or MU«! to 100.000
•f Fish Will less thin 100,000
Figure 1 shows the approximate locations of re-
ported fish kills occurring within the continental
United States in 1971. as well as the overall distri-
bution of these fish kills. Reported fish kills are
located by the nearest city or town, or the county
In which the kill occurred.
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Summary
Significant Statistics of Fish Kills Reported in 1971
• 73.7 Million Fish Reported Killed by Pollution in 1971!
The number of fish reported killed by pollution in 1971 is greater by 81 percent than the number reported in any
previous year on record (beginning 1960). The second largest number was reported in 1969, when the toll was 41
million. The data do not indicate whether this is due to better reporting by a concerned public or to greater fish kills.
• One Million or More Fish Reported Killed by Pollution in Each of 28 Incidents in 1971!
The number of fish kills reported in 1971 which involved the death of one million or more fish almost equals the total
number of kills of this size (31) reported from June 1960 through 1970.
• 860 Reports of Pollution-Caused Fish Kills in 1971 Tops Previous Annual High (1970) by 226 Reports!
The number of reports continues to increase annually at a rate indicated by the doubling in 1971 of the number re-
ceived in 1967.
• 659 Pollution-Caused Fish Kill Incidents in 1971 Occurred in the Eastern Half of the Continental United States!
Of the 820 reported fish kills in the continental United States, 659, or 79 percent, occurred east of the boundaries of
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas.
• 56.4 Million Fish Were Killed in Estuarine Waters in 1971!
For the first time since the annual report was started in 1960, more fish were reported killed in estuarine waters
than in fresh or salt water. The large number killed in 1971 is primarily due to a number of large kills totaling 31.4
million fish which were reported in two localized bay areas, one in Florida and one in Texas.
• 24.8 Million Fish Reported Killed by Pollution From Municipal Operations in 1971!
Pollution from municipal sources, principally sewerage systems, caused, for the third time in the history of the report.
the death of more fish than any other major source of pollution. In 1971, industrial operations led all other major
sources of pollution in reported incidents (231) for the twelfth consecutive year.
• 63.7 Million Fish Were Reported Killed by Pollution from May through September, 1971!
The warm weather months May through September accounted for 71.2 percent of the total reported pollution-caused
fish kill incidents in 1971. The 147 kills occurring in July is the highest number reported for any month since the
inception of the annual fish kill report.
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Detailed Analyses of
1971 Reports
Basic Statistics
A density map of reported 1971 fish kill
incidents in the continental United States
(Figure 1) shows the distribution throughout
the country.
The total of 860 reports in 1971 (Table
1) shows a 36 percent increase over 1970.
It is impossible to say whether this repre-
sents a true increase in the number of in-
cidents or whether it results from increased
awareness and interest of the many people,
starting with the casual observer, involved
in the reporting chain.
Sources of pollution were identified in 641
of the 860 reported incidents. These kills
are listed individually in Table 10. The 219
kills for which the source could not be identi-
fied are listed in Table 11.
Total Fish Reported Killed
Of the 860 reports submitted, 757 con-
tained estimates of the number of fish killed
(Table 2). In the remaining 103 reports, fish
losses were expressed in general terms such
as thousands or pounds. These 103 reports
were assigned values based on averages
Table 1 contains historical data for the twelve years
that the annual fish kill report has been published.
The table summarizes the number of estimated fish
killed, the number of states reporting fish kills, the
number of reports indicating size of fish kill, and
other supporting information.
TABLE 1— Historical Summary of Pollution-Caused Fish Kills, June 1960— December 1971
I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
1
Number of States reporting 38 45
Number ot reports 286 411
Reports which state number of fish
killed 149 263
killed' 6379000: 15.910.000: 7.118
Average size of kill > 2.925 6.535 5
Largest kill reported 5.000.000 5.387.000 3.18C
Reports where extent of area af-
fected was stated
River:
Number ot reports 189 i 240
Miles ot stream 1.204 1.686
Number of reports 25 | 50
Acres affected 1.407 5.967: <
Number of reports 13 j 6
Miles ot coastal waters 51 , 51
37 ; 38 40 44 46 40 42
381 436 485 531 ' 436 375 438
233 300 385 446 372 303 379
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,000: 7.860.000 18.387.000 11,784.000 9,115.000 11.591.000 15.236.000
.710 7.775 5.490 4.310 5.620 6.460 6.015
,000 . 2.000.000 7.887,000 3.000.000 1.000.000 6.549.000 : 4.029.000
259 271 339 292 251 | 219 264
,448 2.203 1.440 1.300 989 , 1,039 1.565
25 49 57 38 46 33 j 37
.581 5,644 12.637 4,630 21.564 1.996 ; 2,400
95 6 9 4 1 6
25 7 11 20 16 3 28
2.59 3.18 2.44 2. 57 2.71 3.34 2.99
45 45
465 634
382 ' 560
11.004.000 22.760.000
5.860 6.412
26,527.000 : 3.240.000
356 i 487
2,358 1.865
98 111
6.068 33.168
11 36
113 11.687'
3.11 . 3.25
46
860
757
74.287.000
6,154
5.500.000
705
4.187
94
6.622
61
2.034
3.35
1 Includes all fish killed reported plus an allowance computed for reports which do not indicate the number of fish that died.
1 Derived after excluding reports of 100,000 kills or more as being unrepresentative.
« Includes embayments such as Chesapeake, San Francisco, and Galveston Bays.
* Two incidents off Alaska affected 11,520 acres of coastal waters.
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from 703 fish kill reports in which less than
100,000 fish were reported killed. The total
of the 757 reports containing fish kill esti-
mates, plus the computed fish kill estimates
for the 103 reports brought the 1971 fish
kill estimate total to 74.286,923.
The 74.3 million fish estimated killed
brought the total number of fish killed
(Figure 2) to 235.0 million in 5,452 separate
incidents since the first full year of reporting
(1961). There were 46 States which sub-
mitted at least one fish kill report. The re-
maining four States—Alaska. Arizona, Mis-
sissippi, and North Dakota—did not submit
any reports. Massive kills in Florida and
Texas (Table 3) accounted for more than 65
percent (47.9 million) of the total number
of fish reported killed in 1971.
Major Fish Kills
There were 54 reported kills in which the
number of dead fish equaled or exceeded
100.000 each, accounting for 69.4 million
fish (Table 4). Of these, 28 kills reached or
exceeded the million mark. One million or
more fish were killed in: twelve incidents in
Florida, totalling 29,000,000 fish; six in-
cidents in Texas, totalling 16,000,000
fish; three incidents in Alabama, totalling
5,500.000 fish; one incident in Washington,
killing 5,000,000 fish; two incidents in
Connecticut, totalling 3,000,000 fish; one
incident in New Jersey, killing 2,000,000
fish; one incident in Maryland and one in-
cident in Massachusetts, killing 1,250,000
fish each; and one incident in Louisiana,
killing 1,000,000 fish.
* Eftimitn of Ititt ' *fl. 196] to 197]
Ywr 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
AN INCREASING RATE OF REPORTED FISH
KILLS . . .
. . . over an 11 year period is indicated by Figure 2.
This graph is a cumulative summary of estimated
numbers of fish killed reported for 1961 through
1971. The first reporting year. 1960, was excluded
since reports were not received for the full year.
Average Size of Fish Kills
The average size of the 1971 fish kills
was 6,154, down from the 1970 average size
of 6,412 (Table 2). As in previous annual
reports, averages were derived after eliminat-
ing as unrepresentative those reports of
100,000 or more fish killed (Table 4).
Hence, while the total estimated fish killed
for 1971 was 226 percent greater than the
1970 total, the 1971 average fish kill was
4 percent less than the 1970 average. The
1971 average is obviously a skewed statistic
since the number of reports of fish kills ex-
ceeding 100.000 amount to only 6 percent
of the total reports but account for more
than 94 percent of the total fish killed.
Kills caused by transportation operations
had the highest average, with 10.106 fish
per kill reported, followed by 7.382 fish per
kill for industrial operations. 6.068 fish per
kill for municipal operations, and 4.714 fish
per kill for agricultural operations (Table 2).
These averages were also computed exclud-
ing kills greater than or equal to 100,000
from the base.
Fish Killeil. By Type of W nter Roily
The 1971 reports indicate a significant
decrease in fish reported killed in lakes and
a significant increase in fish reported killed
in coastal waters including bays such as
Chesapeake. San Francisco and Galveston
Bays. Only one percent (0.8 million) of the
total fish reported killed (Table 5) died in
lakes, while 44 percent (32.4 million) died
in coastal waters. In 1970, 14 percent (3.1
million) of the total died in lakes, while 27
percent (6.1 million) died in coastal waters.
Fish killed in rivers and streams varied
slightly between 55 percent (40.4 million) in
1971 and 59 percent (13.1 million) in 1970.
Fish Killed. By Type of Water
In 1971, the number of fish reported
7
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TABLE 2— Fish Kill Summary by Source of Pollution, 1971
Source of pollution
Agricultural:
Pesticides
Fertilizers
Manure-silage drainage. .
Subtotal
Industrial:
Mining
Food products
Paper products
Chemicals
Petroleum
Metals
Combinations
Other
Subtotal
Municipal:
Sewerage systems
Refuse disposal
Water systems
Swimming pool
Power
Subtotal
Transportation:
Rail
Barge or boat
Pipeline
Subtotal
Other operations:
Unknown:
Total:
Total
reports
75
11
46
132
30
25
10
49
29
24
9
55
231
133
5
12
3
9
162
13
30
1
8
52
64
219
860
Reports specifying
number of fish killed
No. of
reports
63
8
41
112
25
20
8
47
22
22
9
46
199
111
3
11
3
9
137
12
28
1
7
48
60
201
757
No. of fish
264,504
65,760
693,073
1,023,337
220,758
72,037
45,805
2,400,060
230,900
284,604
1,119,877
278,351
4.652,392
21,352,390
81,202
86,334
930
3,277,576
24,798,432
210,693
441,157
7,500
4,830
664,180
7,257,478
35,257,226
73,653,045
Average
kill*
4,714
7,382
6,068
10,106
2,464
5,633
6,154
Estimated fish killed"
Total
1,117,617
4,888,616
24,950,132
704,604
7.267,334
35,358,620
74,286,923
Game
354,284
645,297
2,420,162
Non-
game
763,333
4,243,319
22,529,970
1
172,627
5,297,886
141,434
9,031,690
531,977
1,969,448
35,217,186
65,255,233
• Derived after excluding 54 reports of 100,000 kills or more as being unrepresentative.
** Includes all fish killed plus an allowance computed tor reports which did not indicate the number of fish that died.
Note: Insufficient data available to make a reliable estimate of the number of fish of commercial value that died.
killed in estuary-type water (water of inlets,
bays, or river mouths that are affected by
tidal action) increased considerably over the
number reported killed in 1970.
In 1971, 77 percent (56.4 million) of the
total reported fish were killed in estuary-type
water (Table 6) as compared to 44 percent
(9.8 million)-in 1970; about 20 percent of
the fish (15.2 million) were killed in fresh
water (inland water upstream of tidal action)
as compared to 54 percent (12.0 million)
in 1970, showing a significant decrease; and
3 percent of the fish (2.0 million) were killed
in salt water (water beyond the coastline) as
compared to 2 percent (0.5 million) in 1970.
The increase of fish killed in estuary-type
water could be of great national concern
since estuaries serve as nursery grounds for
many species of marine fish. In this report,
however, the large increase over the previous
year results from a number of massive kills
localized principally in the Escambia Bay,
Florida, and the Galveston Bay, Texas, areas.
Interpretation as a national trend, therefore,
is not in order.
Fish Kills, By Month
As in the past, the greatest number of fish
kills occurred during the summer months
(Table 7). Warm water and low river stages
from May through September enhanced the
Table 2 summarizes 1971 fish kills by major and
individual pollution sources, and provides further
information on fish killed in the game and non-
game categories by major pollutional sources.
Average size of fish kill for each major source is
also included.
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pollutional effect by increasing pollutant con-
centrations through lower water stages, or
decreasing dissolved oxygen due to in-
creased water temperature. Almost 86 per-
cent of the 73.6 million fish reported killed
in 1971 were killed from May through Sep-
tember. July had the greatest number of
fish kill reports (147) with almost 18 million
fish killed, based on 134 reports which
specified the number of fish killed. August
ranked second in number of fish kill reports
(145), but showed the greatest loss for a
single month with 20.5 million fish based
on 130 reports giving the number killed.
September ranked third in number of fish
kill reports (136) with 19.6 million fish
killed based on 122 reports giving the num-
ber killed. June ranked fourth in number of
fish kill reports (108) with 4.1 million fish
killed based on 95 reports giving the num-
ber killed. May ranked fifth in number of
fish kill reports (76) with 1.6 million fish
killed based on 64 reports giving the num-
ber killed.
Fish Kills, By Duration
All reports do not indicate duration of
kill. In 1971, 58 percent (503 reports) in-
dicated duration of kill with an average of
3.35 days (Table 1). In 1970, 84 percent
Table 3 summarizes fish kills in 46 reporting
States. Of the 860 reports, 757 indicated the
number of fish killed. The remaining 103 reports
estimated losses in such general terms as "thou-
sands of fish" and "pounds." This table also shows
a state-by-state breakdown of the number of fish
reported killed and water surfaces affected.
TABLE 3— Pollution-Caused Fish Kill Summary by State, 1971
Reports specifying
number of fish killed
si t Total
reports Hum- Number
reports fish
Alabama. .20 20
Arkansas 98
California 39 37
Colorado 33
Connecticut. . 13 12
6,012.387
111.504
72.605
41.600
3,133.900
Delaware 1 1 1,250
Florida 62 60 31.676,761
Georgia 16 15
Hawaii ..i 12 11
Idaho ... ..) 6 5
56.000
18.090
18,012
Illinois . . 18 17 408,999
Indiana 24 20
33,021
Iowa .66 125,000
Kansas . .. 13 13 53,335
Kentucky .. 15 10
61,590
Louisiana 50 42 1,191,630
Maine . . 2 1
400
Maryland . . 12 10 1,582,826
Massachusetts .54
Michigan . < 6 5
Minnesota 51 5
Missouri 37 29
Montana. . ; 7 3
Nebraska 65
Nevada . . . > 2 1
New Hampshire 3 2
New Jersey . 28 25
New Mexico 3 3
New York 38 38
North Carolina : 16 14
Ohio 134 107
Oklahoma 11 11
Oregon 4 4
Pennsylvania 81 78
Rhode Island .] 2 2
South Carolina 1
South Dakota 3 3
Tennessee 18 1 18
Texas 59 1 52
1,255,902
59,375
16.350
555,789
9,280
11.645
15,000
105,000
2,016,475
9,250
242,935
78,262
1,248,351
490,345
1,386
1,091,434
300
10,300
277,625
16,216,075
Utah 11 110
Vermont 4 4 40,500
Virginia 11 8 47,141
Washington 31 22 5.026.721
West Virginia . . 13 13
Wisconsin 9 8
Wyoming 1 1
6
Total 860 757
210,054
6,530
12,000
73,653,045
Num
s affected
River Lake Coastal waters*
Num- Num- Num- Num- Nu
m- Num-
reports ' miles reports acres reports miles
13 65 7 i 30
9
29
3
12
30 '
68 5 1,532
15
24
1 1
9 420 9 1.186
10
50
8 7
4 10
17 90
24 104
5 28
11 26
15 48
44 191
2
9
1
6 ' 32 • . .
2 2
2 11
i ; 4
1 5
2
5 215
799 1 10
2 3
6 11
3 9
5 15
34 131
7
4
15
23
2 ; 10
2 4
15
3
37
15
132
10
4
78
1
1
2
16
47
19
43
92
757
193
5
255
1
12
6
31
358
3 8
2 2
1 182
13 48
1 1
1 6
2 .
1 3,200
3 32
1
1 10 ..
2 4
8 27
1
4 9
7 33 4 24
24 103 5 9
12
8
51
27
1 3 :
1 30
1 3
705 4,187
94 6,622
5 60
1
44 ' 949
'•
2 2
i ; 1,000
2 2
.
4 : 15
2 6
61 2,034
* Includes embayments such as Chesapeake. San Francisco, and Galveston Says.
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TABLE 4— Major Kills— 100,000 or Over— 1971
Lake or stream
Locust Fork
Valley Creek
Eslava Cr-Dog R
ndustrial Canal
Thames River .
Thames River
Millstone Point
Banana Lake
Bass Hole Cove
Bass Hole Cove
E Shore-Escambia
Escambia Bay
Escambia Bay
Escambia River
Judges Bayou
Judges Bayou
Judges Bayou
Judges Bayou-ESC
Judges Bayou-ESC
Mulatto Bayou
Mulatto Bayou
Mulatto Bayou
Mulatto Bayou-CA
N Escambia Bay
Saltzman Bayou
Saltzman Bayou
Salt Bayou
Bear Creek
Susquehanna Riv
Piney Run
Lee River
N FkSalt River
Kezar Lake
Bidwells Ditch
Maumee R
Great Miami R _. .
N Canadian R
N Canadian R
Conneaut Creek
French Creek
So Br French Cr
Oyster Bayou
Trinity River
Dickinson Bayou
Dickinson Bayou
Dickinson Bayou
Freeport Harbor
Sun Oil "Slip"
Sabinal River
San Antonio Riv
Taylor Bayou
Drainage Canal
Snake River
Greenbrier River
Near or in
Birmingport
Gilmore
Mobile
Mobile
Montville
Norwich
Waterford
Lakeland
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Slidell
Baltimore
Conowingo
Taneytown
Somerset
Brashear
North Sutton
Goshen
Lucas Co
Montgomery Co
Oklahoma City
Watonga
Conneautville
Meadville
Union City
Anahuac
Anahuac
Dickinson
Dickinson
Dickinson
Freeport
Gilcrist
Sabinal
San Antonio
Shoreacres
Texas City
Pa sco
Durbin
State
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Connecticut
Connecticut
Number
of
fish
1,000,000
2,500,000
2,030,035
403,780
100.000
1,000,000
Connecticut ; 2,000,000
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
273,100
3,000,000
2,000,000
5,500,000
150,000
250,000
250,000
2,000,000
Florida ; 500,000
Florida j 2,500,000
Florida i 2,000,000
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Louisiana
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Ohio
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Washington
West Virginia
2,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
250,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
750,000
2,000,000
1,000,000
177,550
1.253,516
113,000
1,222,800
152,752
100,000
2,000,000
131,245
548,076
171,370
132,769
100,000
350,000
189,166
1,993,200
3,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
105,600
1,000,000
500,000
100,000
300,000
150,000
5,011,400
120,547
Operation
Combination
Sewerage system
Sewerage system
Sewerage System
Unknown
Sewerage System
Power
Sewerage System
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Sewerage system
Metals
Power
Sewerage System
Chemicals
Sewerage system
Sewerage system
Other operations
Sewerage system
Sewerage system
Chemicals
Sewerage system
Chemicals
Chemicals
Truck transportation
Unknown
Sewerage system
Sewerage system
Sewerage system
Sewerage System
Other operations
Unknown
Manure drainage
Chemicals
Sewerage system
Sewerage system
Other operations
Other industrial
(408 reports) indicated duration with an
average of 3.25 days (Table 1). The four
longest lasting pollution incidents in 1971
required at least 99 days for all fish to be
killed. These incidents occurred at: Millstone
Point near Waterford, Connecticut; Beaver
Creek near Bellingham, Washington; Snake
River near Pascoe, Washington; and Beaver
Creek near Ryderwood, Washington.
Table 4 summarizes those fish kill incidents in
which 100,000 or more fish were killed in 1971.
Table 5 summarizes fish kills by type of water body
(river, lake, and coastal waters); Table 6 summar-
izes fish kills by type of water, (fresh, salt, and
estuary); and Table 7 summarizes fish kills by
month.
TABLE 5— Fish Kill Summary by
Type of Water Body, 1971
Type of water body
River
Lake
Coastal waters*
Total
Total
reports
705
94
61
860
Reports specifying
number of fish killed
Num-
ber of
reports
610
90
57
757
Number
of
fish
40,418,471
822,210
32,412,364
73,653.045
* Includes embayrnents such as Chesapeake, San
Francisco, and Galveston Bays.
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TABLE 6—Fish Kill Summary by
Type of Water, 1971
Type of water
Fresh*
Salt**'
Estuary***...
Total
Total
reports
Reports specifying
number of fish killed
Num-
ber of
reports
725
11
124
860
630
7
120
Number
of
fish
15,205,913
2,014,914
56,432,218
757 ' 73.653.045
* Fresh water includes any inland water upstream of
tidal action.
** Salt water means water beyond the coastline.
*** Estuary means the water of inlets, bays, or river
mouths that are affected by tidal action.
TABLE 7—Fish Kill Summary by
Month, 1971
January. ..
February...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October ...
November..
December..
Total
Total
reports
Reports specifying
number of fish killed
l
Num- i
her of I
reports i
Number
of
fish
24
28
38
54
76
108
147
145
136
56 !
24 :
24 ;
860
19
25
30-
46
64
95
134
130
122
51
22
19
263,838
111,277
399,957
5,279,224
1,576,873
4,111,714
17,854,512
20,524,479
19,607,229
3,586,161
161,149
176,632
757 ! 73,653.045
Fish Kills, By Severity
Measurements of fish kill severity are
reported as complete, heavy, moderate, or
light (Table 8). One hundred and seven re-
ports of complete kills were reported, aver-
aging 9,426 fish per kill. Heavy kills aver-
aging 9,583 fish were reported on 269 oc-
casions. Moderate kills were reported on 144
occasions, averaging 4,046 fish per kill.
Light kills were reported on 160 occasions,
averaging 1,082 fish per kill. Table 8 also
indicates the average duration of fish kills
by severity of kill, as well as the number and
percentages of fish kill reports given jointly
for severity of kill and major source of pol-
lution.
Table 8 summarizes severity of a fish kill by the
number of reports, average size of fish kill, dura-
tion of fish kill, and major pollution source opera-
tions. In 1971, "heavy" kills occurred most fre-
quently (269 reports), with an average fish kill size
of 9,583 and an average duration of 4.44 days
based on 199 reports.
TABLE 8— Fish Kill Summary by Severity of Kill, 1971
Severity of kill
Complete kill
Heavy kill
Moderate kill
Light kill
Not Stated
Total
Num-
ber of
reports
107
269
144
160
180
860
Average
kill*
9,426
9,583
4,046
1,082
7,348
£.154
Duration of kill
No.
78
199
103
106
17
503
Average
(days)
1.79
4.44
2.34
2.58
8.65
3.35
Agricultural
No.
26
38
23
16
29
132
Per-
cent
19.0
28.0
17.0
12.0
22.0
100.0
Industrial
No.
40
69
27
43
52
231
Per-
cent
17.0
29.0
11.0
18.0
22.0
100.0
Municipal
No.
10
59
30
20
43
162
Per-
cent
6.0
36.0
18.0
12.0
26.0
100.0
Transportation
No.
11
19
9
6
7
52
Per-
cent
21.0
36.0
17.0
11.0
13.0
100.0
Other Operations Unknown
No. , Per- | No. Per-
cent cent
10
17
11
18
8
64
15.0
26.0
17.0
28.0
12.0
100.0
10
67
44
57
41
219
4.0
30.0
20.0
26.0
18.0
100.0
• Derived after excluding 54 reports of 100,000 kills or more as being unrepresentative.
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Analyses of Pollution-
Causing Operations-
National Basis
Industrial operations continued to be the
most frequent cause of fish kills (Table 2),
with 231 reports accounting for 4.9 million
fish killed. Pollution from municipal opera-
tions was the second most frequent cause,
with 162 reports accounting for 25.0 million
fish.
In 1971, the number of fish killed by pol-
lution from sewerage systems (21.4 million)
led all other individual sources of pollution
(Figure 3). The number of reported incidents
resulting from pollution from sewerage sys-
tems (133) also led all other identifiable
sources of pollution (Figure 4). Data from
the reported number of fish killed and the
number of fish kill reports are not random-
ized samples of pollution effects in water-
ways and cannot be given solid statistical
interpretations. However, the reported num-
ber of fish kills more closely approximates a
random sample than the number of fish
killed, and provides a more significant meas-
ure for analyzing effects of pollution.
Analyses of these and other categories of
operations causing pollution are given in the
following paragraphs.
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FIGURE 3— Reported Number of Fiih Killed by Source of Pollution
10.000.000
1.000.000
100,000
10,000
1.000
So
II
ii
M
Petroleum
30.900
| Metals
84.
i
§S|S
£ *
= d
§"-
AGRICULTURAL
1.023.337
INDUSTRIAL
4,652.392
MUNICIPAL
24.798.432
TRANSPORTATION OTHER UNKNOWN
664,180 7.257.478 35,257.226 Operations.
OF THE TWENTY-ONE IDENTIFIED SOURCES OF
POLLUTION . ..
... municipal sewerage systems was the leading
killer of fish in 1971. Figure 3 shows the relation-
ship between the reported number of fish killed
and the individual sources of pollution. Note that
the reported number of fish killed per individual
source varies between 930 fish killed by pollution
from "swimming pool" operations and 21.4 million
fish killed by pollution from "sewerage systems"
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FIGURE 4—Number of Fnh Kill Reports by Source of Pollution
(Tout: MO)
DH
AGRICULTURAL
(132)
INDUSTRIAL
(231)
MUNICIPAL
(162)
TRANSPORTATION
(52)
OTHER
OPERATIONS
(64)
OF THE FIVE MAJOR SOURCES OF POLLUTION,
INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS LED IN NUMBER OF
REPORTED INCIDENTS IN 1971 ...
... with Municipal Operations in second place.
Figure 5 shows the relationship between the re-
ported number of fish kill incidents for the major
pollirtional sources. Due to the large number of
fish kill incidents by unidentifiable pollution
sources, the unknown category has been added to
this graph. Note that the height of the bars is
proportional to the reported number of fish kill
incidents.
SEWERAGE SYSTEMS UNDER MUNICIPAL OPERA-
TIONS ...
... led all other individual sources of pollution in
the number of reported fish kill incidents. Figure 4
shows the relationship between the number of
reports and the individual sources of pollution.
Note that the number of reports varies from one
for "barge or boat" to 133 for "sewerage systems."
Unknown operations are not included.
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Industrial Operations
In 1971, pollution from industrial opera-
tions ranked first in the number of reported
incidents (231) resulting in approximately
4.9 million fish killed (Figure 5). In 1970,
pollution from industrial operations also
ranked first, with 213 reported incidents kill-
ing approximately 9.8 million fish. Thus,
1971 reports show an increase in reported
incidents in spite of the decreased number
of fish killed.
Chemical operations accounted for more
than 21 percent (49 reported incidents) of
the total charged to industrial pollution.
Municipal Operations
In 1971, pollution from municipal opera-
tions ranked second in the number of re-
ported incidents (162) resulting in approx-
imately 25.0 million fish killed (Figure 5).
This major pollution source was the largest
single fish killer in 1971. In 1970, pollution
from municipal operations ranked third with
119 reported incidents killing approximately
6.7 million fish, indicating a significant in-
crease in reports and number of fish killed
by this pollution source in 1971.
Sewerage systems was the cause of pollu-
tion in 133 reports, accounting for 82.1 per-
cent of the total number of incidents result-
ing from municipal operations. The majority
of these reports indicated low dissolved
oxygen as the immediate cause of death.
Agricultural Operations
In 1971, pollution from agricultural opera-
tions ranked third in the number of reported
incidents (132) resulting in approximately
1.1 million fish killed (Figure 5). In 1970.
pollution from agricultural operations ranked
fourth, with 107 reported incidents killing
approximately 1.9 million fish.
Pesticides (75 reports) was the second
leading individual source of pollution. Re-
ports of fish kills under pesticides include
incidents in which spraying machinery and
pesticide containers were cleaned or dumped
into nearby streams, lakes, or estuaries.
However, the majority of reported incidents
resulted from pesticides being washed into
water by rainfall after spraying for agricul-
tural purposes.
Manure-silage drainage (46 reports) also
constituted a significant cause, with animal
feedlot runoff the major contributor.
Other Operations
In 1971. pollution from "other opera-
tions"- ranked fourth in the number of re-
ported incidents (64) resulting in approx-
imately 7.3 million fish killed (Figure 5). In
1970, pollution from other operations ranked
second, with 167 reported incidents killing
approximately 3.9 million fish. The signifi-
cant decrease in the number of reported
incidents resulted from the inclusion in 1970
of "unknown operations" in "other opera-
tions.''
Other operations include highway and
building construction, airport and service
station operations, mosquito control and
others not specifically designated in this
report.
Transportation Operations
In 1971. pollution from transportation
operations ranked fifth (and last) in the num-
ber of reported incidents (52) resulting in
approximately 0.7 million fish killed (Figure
5). In 1970. pollution from transportation
operations also ranked fifth with 28 reported
incidents killing approximately 0.5 million
fish. Fish kills caused by transportation op-
erations occur, for example, when a pipeline
springs a leak sending oil flowing into
streams, or when a truck or railroad tank
car overturns, spilling a lethal cargo into a
waterway.
I nknoicn Operations
In 1971. unknown operations, a new
classification, was added as a major source
of pollution. "Unknown" is used when a fish
kill cannot be linked to a specific pollutant
or pollution source, but an investigator is
reasonably confident that the fish did not die
from natural causes. In many cases an in-
vestigator is not notified that a fish kill
occurred until it is too late to identify a
specific pollution agent due to the deteriora-
tion of fish. In 1971, unknown operations
were responsible for 219 reported incidents
resulting in approximately 35.4 million fish
killed (Figure 5). The source of pollution was
unidentifiable for approximately 25 percent
of all reported incidents in 1971.
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Analyses of Pollution-
Causing Operations-
Environmental
Protection Agency
Regional Basis
A summary of the reported number of pol-
lution-caused fish kill incidents and pollution
source operations within each Environmental
Protection Agency Region is given in Table
9. This table permits a comparison of the
frequency of reported incidents in different
sections of the U.S. due to different pollution
sources. Figures 6 through 15 are bar charts
for each Environmental Protection Agency
Region. These charts indicate the percent of
reported incidents within a given region for
individual sources of pollution, and also list
the states within each respective region. Fig-
ures in the charts are derived from Table 9.
Agricultural Operations
Manure-silage drainage in Region V (21
reports) was the most frequently reported in-
dividual source of pollution under agricul-
tural operations for any of the ten regions.
However, pesticides were responsible for 16
reported incidents in Region VI. and 15 re-
ported incidents in both Regions IV and IX.
making it the leading agricultural source of
reported pollution-caused fish kill incidents
for all regions combined. Fertilizers were re-
ported as the pollution source in 11 fish kill
incidents from Regions III. V, and VII but
represent only 8.3 percent of the agricultural
operations total.
Industrial Operations
Chemicals in Region III (14 reports) was
the most frequently reported individual
source of pollution under industrial opera-
tions for any given region, and also for all
regions combined (49 reports). "Other".
also under industrial operations, was not in-
cluded in this analysis since it comprises
several individual sources of pollution.
Municipal Opcratiotis
Sewerage systems in all regions was the
most frequently reported individual source of
pollution (Region X excepted) under munic-
ipal operations, totaling 133 reported fish kill
incidents. Regions IV. V. and VI accounted
for 92 reported incidents, or 57 percent of
all pollution-caused fish kill incidents result-
ing from municipal operations.
Transportation Operations
Transportation operations (52 reports for
all regions) had the smallest number of
reported fish kill incidents of any major pol-
lution source operation. No individual source
of pollution under transportation operations
exceeded 7 percent of the regional total.
Other Operations
Other operations are a general category
for those identifiable sources of pollution
which do not fall into the other four maior
sources. In 1971, Region III accounted for
25 percent of the reported incidents caused
by pollution from other operations.
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TABLE 9— Number of Fish Kill Reports by Source of Pollution Within EPA
Regions, 1971
Source of pollution:
Agricultural:
Pesticides
Fertilizers
Manure-silage
drainage
Subtotal
Industrial:
Mining
Food products
Paper products.
Chemicals
Petroleum
Metals
Other
Subtotal
Municipal:
Sewerage systems . .
Refuse disposal
Water systems
Swimming pool
Subtotal
Transportation:
Rail
Truck
Barge or boat
Pipeline
Subtotal
Other Operations: ....
Unknown:
Total:
EPA Regions
1
2
1
'
5
3
8
4
1
1
6
2
10
29
II
1
1
1
3
1
3
3
4
2
17
9
1
1
1
1
13
5
5
12
18
66
III
4
1
7
12
10
1
14
9
6
1
7
48
13
3
1
2
19
1
8
2
11
16
12
118
IV
15
5
20
7
2
3
6
3
6
2
5
34
29
4
33
2
3
1
6
4
51
148
V | VI
9
6
21
36
7
13
4
4
4
3
1
24
60
31
4
2
3
40
1
4
3
8
5
47
196
16
3
19
3
1
11
4
2
5
6
32
32
32
2
2
1
2
7
12
30
132
VII
6
4
5
15
3
2
1
3
5
2
16
8
8
5
1
6
3
14
62
VIII
2
3
5
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
15
IX
15
1
16
1
2
1
1
5
3
1
4
1
5
6
4
18
53
X
5
5
1
1
1
5
8
1
1
2
4
1
1
6
17
41
Total
75
11
46
132
30
25
10
49
30
23
9
55
231
133
5
12
3
9
162
13
30
1
8
52
64
219
860
REGION 1
Connecticut
Maine
Massachus-
sens
New
Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
REGION II
New Jersey
New York
REGION III
Delaware
District of
Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
REGION IV
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
REGION V
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
REGION VI
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
REGION VII
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
REGION VIII
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
REGION IX
Arizona
California
Hawaii
Nevada
REGION X
Alaska
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Table 9 compares the number of reported pollution-
caused fish kill incidents by individual source of
pollution within, and between, each EPA region.
Region VIII reported the smallest number of fish
kill incidents (15 reports) while Region V (196
reports) led in the number of reported incidents.
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FIGURE 6—PollutloiFCauud Fhh Kllll ID Rectal I
Soura at Mutton by *Mt»il of Total Itecloral RoportB
nmod on 29 rapom)
ii
on
i
- 1*
AGRICULTURAL
(10.3%)
INDUSTRIAL
(27.6%)
MUNICIPAL
(20.7%)
TRANSPORTATION OTHER UNKNOWN
(0%) OPERATIONS (34.5%)
(6.9%)
FIGURE 7—PollijtJoo-Cuuad Fish Kilb In Rcdcn II
Soura of Mhjoon by NKM of TOM MMJIOM! MWOHB
IBnod on « nvoru)
HI
S 6 I
I I I I
AGRICULTURAL
(1.5%)
INDUSTRIAL
(25.7%)
MUNICIPA1
(19.7%)
TRANSPORTATION OTHER UNKNOWN
(7.6%) OPERATIONS (27.3%)
IN 1971, "CHEMICALS" LED IN REGION I...
... among individual sources of pollution (Figure
6) with 17.2 percent of the total number of
reported fish kill incidents in this region, while
"sewerage systems" was second with 13.8 percent
of the reported total. These percentages are based
on 29 fish kill reports in Region I.
IN 1971,
II...
'SEWERAGE SYSTEMS" LED IN REGION
... among individual sources of pollution (Figure 7)
with 13.6 percent of the total number of reported
fish kill incidents in this region, while pollutants
spilled due to "truck" operations were second with
7.6 percent of the reported total. These percent-
ages are based on 66 fish kill reports in Region II.
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IN 1971, "CHEMICALS" LED IN REGION III...
... among individual sources of pollution (Figure
8) with 11.9 percent of the total number of
reported fish kill incidents in this region, while
"sewerage systems" was second with 11.0 percent
of the reported total. These percentages are based
on 118 fish kill reports in Region III.
FIGURE 8—PolllltlofrCoiueil Fish Kllte In Rtfton III
Souno el Mutton by Pwant of Total Rotfonol Ropom
(•Mod ON 111 raport»)
DMrtct of Cotumblo*
i I
,_ I
a i
* I
In
AGRICULTURAL
(10JZ%)
INDUSTRIAL
(40.7%)
MUNICIPAL
(161%)
TRANSPORTATION OTHER UNKNOWN
(9.3%) OPERATIONS (10.2%)
(13.5%)
IN 1971, "SEWERAGE SYSTEMS" LED IN REGION
IV ...
... among individual sources of pollution (Figure
9) with 19.6 percent of the total number of
reported fish kill incidents in this region, while
"pesticides" was second with 10.1 percent of the
reported total. These percentages are based on 148
reports in Region IV.
FKSURE 9—MluBoo^uMd Flit. Kite In R«loti IV
Xotno of Mullen by Pomnl of TOW Mofbnol Moorto
TRANSPORTATION OTHER UNKNOWN
(4.1%) OPERATIONS (34.4%)
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FIGURE 10— raluamC*u*t HOi Kill. In R«km V sutn
I
1
I
ff
I
£
i
AGRICULTURAL
(IM%)
I
1
Sowtaol Mut
,
111 1
11 I] j
INDUSTRIAL
(30.6%)
ion by
(•MM
5
•Snwtt ol Total K^taful Ihoorte Indlm
on 196 raporti) MkMfin
OMo
Wliconiln __
E
J
1
I
^_
„
!lK f ii
1||1 --:! r— ,
MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION OTHER UNKNCT
(20.4%) (4.1%) OPERATIONS (24.09
(2.5%)
IN 1971, "SEWERAGE SYSTEMS" LED IN REGION
V...
... among individual sources of pollution (Figure
10) with 15.8 percent of the total number of
reported fish kill incidents in this region, while
"manure-silage drainage" was second with 10.7
percent of the reported total. These percentages
are based on 196 reports in Region V.
FIGURE 11—PolluUoivC«in«I Fhh Mill In Refton VI
taunt of roUfen by Pknxnt of Tow
(•nod on IB upon)
n in
VfTl
AGRICULTURAL
OM%)
INDUSTRIAL
<24.2%>
MUNICIPAL
(24.2%)
TRANSPORTATION OTHER UNKNOWN
(5.3%)
IN 1971, "SEWERAGE SYSTEMS" LED IN REGION
VI...
... among individual sources of pollution (Figure
11) with 24.2 percent of the total number of
reported fish kill incidents in this region, while
"pesticides" was second with 12.1 percent of the
reported total. These percentages are based on 132
reports in Region VI.
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IN 1971, "SEWERAGE SYSTEMS" LED IN REGION
VII ...
... among individual sources of pollution (Figure
12) with 12.9 percent of the total number of
reported fish kill incidents in this region, while
"pesticides" was second with 9.7 percent of the
reported total. These percentages are based on 62
reports in Region VII.
IN 1971, "SEWERAGE SYSTEMS" AND "MANURE-
SILAGE DRAINAGE" TIED FOR THE LEAD IN
REGION VIII .. .
... among individual sources of pollution (Figure
13) with 20.0 percent each of the total number of
reported fish kill incidents in this region. These
percentages are based on 15 reports in Region VIII.
OTHER UNKNOWN
OPERATIONS (22.6%)
W.8%)
FIGURE 13—MJutloivClllMd Full Kilb In Rigon VIII
Colorado
Montana
North
- Utah
wyomm
INDUSTRIAL
(20.0%)
MUNICIPAL
(20.0%)
TRANSPORTATION
(133%)
OTHER UNKNOWN
OPERATIONS (13.3%)
(0%)
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FIGURE 14—Polhition-Ciuud FiUi Killi In H«JKX. IX
in nit
if
AGRICULTURAL
(30.2%)
INDUSTRIAL
(94%)
MUNICIPAL
(75%)
TRANSPORTATION
(11.3%)
OTHER UNKNOWN
OPERATIONS (34.0%)
(7.5%)
Sown of PrtUittei
FIGURE 15—Potlutloii-CluMd Ftah Kills In Helton X
Scuc» of Mutton or taxwt of ToW Hojtanol Moport>
(•Mod on 41
1 I
in*
f
£
D
ninll I niti
AGRICULTURAL
(12.2%)
INDUSTRIAL
(19.5%)
MUNICIPAL
(9.7%)
TRANSPORTATION
(2.4%)
OTHER UNKNOWN
OPERATIONS (41.5%)
(14.6%)
IN 1971, "PESTICIDES" LED IN REGION IX...
... among individual sources of pollution (Figure
14) with 28.3 percent of the total number of
reported fish kill incidents in this region, while
"truck" was second with 9.4 percent of the
reported total. These percentages are based on 53
reports in Region IX.
IN 1971, "PESTICIDES" LED IN REGION X...
... among individual sources of pollution (Figure
15) with 12.2 percent of the total number of
reported fish kill incidents in this region, while
"power" was second with 4.9 percent of the
reported total. These percentages are based on 41
reports in Region X.
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Table 10 lists individual fish kills with identified
causes by State. Tabular heading information for
each fish kill includes body of water, city or town,
date of kill, cause, type of fish killed (game or
nongame), percent of commercial value, estimated
fish killed, severity, extent of damage, and duration.
TABLE 10—Report of Fish Kills, 1971—Cause Identified
Body of water
ALABAMA
Waxahatchee Cr
Valley Creek
Polecat Bay-Ca
Six-Mile Creek
ARKANSAS
Lake Hamilton
Little Buffalo R
Mud Creek
CALIFORNIA
Pine & Mill Cr
Little Chico Cr
Dlst 999 Canal
Canal-Sheldon Av
Bet Marln Keyes
Butte Creek
S F Bay
Martfs Cr
Ca S Mallard R
Knight Cut
COLORADO
Rio Grade River
CONNECTICUT
Broad Brook Strm
Middle River
Millstone Point
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
Lake Glenada
Rim Ca-Okeechobee
Williamson Creek
Williamson Creek
Canal
City or town
Columbia na
Decatur
Flat Top
Gitmore
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mooresvllle
Selma
Bloomer
Clarksvllle
Floral
Hot Springs
Blythe
Central Valley
Central Valley
Chlco
Clarksburg
Dunsmulr
Dunsmulr
Gridley
Hamilton City
Hlllsborough
Holtville
Moss Landing
Novato
Richvale
Sen Jose
Santa Rosa
Truckee
Vacaville
Watsonville
Weed
Weed
West
Sacramento
Winters
Woodland
Creede
Ellington
NewlMilford
Norwich
Plainville
Waterford
Bell Glade
Fort Meade
Lakeland
Margate
Date
7 17 71
5 10 71
10 18 71
12 02 71
12 11 71
12 28 71
6 16 71
9 24 71
7 15 71
6 29 71
8 25 71
5 11 71
8 01 71
1 07 71
1 07 71
8 24 71
9 22 71
8 30 71
6 18 71
8 22 71
7 01 71
5 05 71
6 09 71
2 22 71
6 16 71
11 06 71
5 18 71
8 03 71
8 06 71
8 24 71
2 16 71
7 02 71
7 02 71
5 12 71
5 13 71
5 03 71
7 22 71
7 22 71
9 24 71
6 29 71
3 13 71
8 12 71
4 01 71
8 12 71
5 20 71
9 20 71
9 07 71
4 08 71
3 22 71
10 15 71
4 14 71
11 06 71
8 12 71
5 11 71
11 03 71
8 15 71
7 20 71
8 24 71
5 31 71
9 01 71
8 31 71
9 05 71
8 09 71
9 06 71
8 19 71
9 11 71
8 — 71
7 02 71
3 11 71
2 17 71
9 03 71
7 23 71
12 03 71
9 11 71
9 — 71
3 29 71
7 07 71
Cause '
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31
24
24
24
27
31
31
23
23
31
31
21
26
11
26
26
13
11
28
13
44
26
31
42
11
11
13
21
11
24
24
34
11
42
41
25
42
11
11
31
11
50
50
28
11
31
42
31
13
50
11
11
42
42
11
11
11
31
26
13
50
31
28
28
35
31
31
31
13
28
21
31
31
31
33
Typ
flshh
li
10
42
1
60
32
1
1
1
84
30
15
70
50
30
60
20
15
100
20
3
10
100
2
50
50
10
1
100
100
100
50
25
100
100
2
100
1
25
20
10
10
33
10
94
100
95
1
66
25
100
100
20
34
10
90
1
1
20
99
12
1
4
90
Percent j ='
non- ; « ^
game | "•
90
90
48
58
99
40
68
99
100
100
99
99
100
100
100
16
100
70
85
30
50
70
40
80
85
80
97
90
98
50
50
90
99
50
75
98
100
99
75
80
90
90
100
67
90
6
5
99
34
75
80
66
100
90
100
100
10
99
99
80
88
99
96
10
Percent kill
with com-
mercial value
10
9
64
1
100
100
99
62
100
1
12
25
15
20
100
5
100
100
30
87
<«
Estimated
fish killed
1.000.000
2.571
920
179
11.550
4.990
196
2,500,000
2.030.035
1,500
30.498
2.920
403.780
5.006
200
778
350
1.418
9,123
6,373
12.000
3.500
2.864
14.940
250
75.000
2.000
950
1.000
500
500
800
2,035
300
500
500
2,000
575
5,100
300
300
500
11.000
1.325
600
300
50
SO
1.015
275
800
30
525
275
3.000
575
1,000
600
10,000
300
1,000.000
200
2,000,000
1,250
4.010
2,078
2,000
7.380
1.167
11,738
273,100
100
Severity '
see
code
page 32
2
1
2
4
3
3
4
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
4
3
4
2
1
1
2
3
1
1
3
1
3
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
3
3
3
2
3
2
3
4
4
4
1
3
4
3
2
2
4
4
1
2
1
2
4
4
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
Esti-
mated
miles or
acres
affected >
32M
14M
2M
2M
1M
1M
2M
2M
5A
5M
2M
1M
1M
5M
20A
2M
4M
5M
3A
1M
2M
12M
1M
1M
1M
1M
1M
3M
1M
6M
6M
1M
3M
2A
1M
1M
5A
25A
5A
12M
25A
1M
1M
1M
3M
3M
1M
2M
3M
5M
15M
4M
2M
1M
1M
1M
1M
320A
ISA
50M
ISA
ISA
342A
1A
-------
TABLE 10—Report of Fish Kills, 1971—Cause Identified-Continued
to
en
Body of water
GEORGIA
Spirit Creek
Little Tired Cr
Pettit Creek
Cordele Hatchery
Williamson Cr
Coo sa wattle Rlv
Alton Dykes Pond
Prfv Rd W Hanson .... ...
HAWAII
Kapakahl Canal.
IDAHO
American Falls R
ILLINOIS
W Br Salt Fork
2 & Vermilion Cr
Brs vermilion R
INDIANA
W Fk-White River
White Creek
Doe Creek
Campbell Ditch
Duck Creek
Harber Ditch
Mud Pine Creek
Mill Creek
Lilly & Pipe Crs
Bell Creek
IOWA
Big Sioux River
Stewart Creek
Deep Creek
Maus Park Pond
E Nlshnabotna R
Spring Creek
KANSAS
W Br Walnut Riv
Cow Creek
Rock Creek. , . . .
Trlb-Arkansas R
Elm Creek
Qilllon Creek
Trlb-Arkansas R
KENTUCKY
S FkSalt River
City or town
Plant City
Sebring
Sabring
Thonofosassa
Thonotosassa
Winter Haven
Ashburn
Augusta
Cairo
Cartersville
Cartersville
Cartersville
Cochran
Cordele
Davisboro
Eatonton
Ellllay
Gainesville
Hawklnsvllle
Rentz
Swalnsboro
Warner Robins
Honolulu
Honolulu
Walmalu
Aberdeen
Boise
Boise
Butte County
Lava Hot Spring
McCall
Kankakee
Kankakee
Leveret!
Mendota
Mt Vernon
Paxton
Rock Falls
Anderson
Brookston
Brookston
Brownstown
Cambridge City
Cloverdafe
Elizaville
EHettsville
Elwood
Flllmore
Fort Wayne
Fowler
Headlee
Kingman
Kokomo
New Brunswick
Orestes
Seymour
Sulphur Springs
Warsaw
Whitehall
Beloit
Charles City
Clare
Dubuque
Exira
La Porte City
El Dorado
Hutchinson
Independence
Maize
Mlller-Lyon Co
Potwln
Wichita
Florence
Harrodsburg
Data
2 — 71
10 29 71
4 05 71
4 16 71
2 24 71
9 18 71
8 13 71
10 01 71
6 06 71
7 03 71
8 04 71
8 10 71
8 02 71
8 17 71
6 27 71
7 09 71
8 14 71
6 25 71
6 20 71
11 03 71
6 19 71
8 27 71
3 09 71
3 05 71
6 25 71
2 — 71
11 19 71
7 28 71
7—71
7 27 71
6 20 71
6 15 71
9 16 71
5 03 71
9 09 71
7 08 71
4 16 71
7 31 71
9 03 71
8 24 71
5 03 71
10 12 71
7 15 71
9 06 71
6 29 71
8 21 71
9 02 71
6 18 71
11 26 71
10 18 71
9 06 71
5 06 71
7 13 71
6 28 71
10 02 71
12 17 71
6 24 71
9 30 71
6 24 71
9 17 71
4 22 71
7 23 71
5 21 71
7 02 71
8 18 71
6 15 71
1 25 71
5 30 71
4 10 71
7 06 71
4 30 71
8 30 71
4 16 71
8 17 71
Cause '
see code
page 32
31
41
28
31
31
22
11
50
22
31
11
11
11
11
11
24
50
11
50
11
31
11
11
50
22
31
11
35
11
28
24
24
12
22
28
12
27
31
13
12
13
42
13
11
31
31
13
50
31
11
28
11
51
12
13
13
28
42
13
23
41
22
41
50
41
31
13
13
50
25
31
Type of
fish killed
M
is
95
91
74
28
50
50
30
98
50
15
15
100
60
100
10
70
50
166
60
13
6
100
20
100
60
100
11
1
62
3
42
20
35
40
40
15
20
2
10
90
25
10
"50
5
5
5
30
15
2
25
40
60
5
35
35
100
60
Percent
non.
game
'"5
9
71
50
50
?§
50
'8
85
40
90
30
50
100
"46'
87
94
100
98
80
40
99
89
99
99
If
58
100
80
100
65
60
60
85
80
98
90
10
75
90
50
95
95
95
100
70
85
98
75
60
40
95
65
65
40
Percent kill
with com-
mercial value
is
6
50
90
15
166
1
ii
6
37
21
50
3
4?
60
10
70
Estimated
fish killed
Ooo
118
3,700
50
720
5,000
4;406'
2.000
350
750
200
550
300
200
38.000
1.000
600
300
1,850
500
1,210
6,000
225
612
400
5,000
11,000
1.000
10,793
17,020
4.842
26.060
5,913
98,945
470
1.200
150
214
380
ISO
1.460
558
159
500
100
397
1,038
100
4.245
20,000
350
15.000
50,000
10.000
5.000
35,000
10.000
2.500
1.000
2.000
175
2,500
4.300
300
1.953
3.479
Severity '
see
code
page 32
3
4
3
4
1
4
2'
2
2
3
2
4
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
4
3
2
3
2
3
1
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
1
2
2
Esti-
mated
miles or
acres
affected*
9M
6M
819A
8A
IM
2A
4M
2M
3M
3M
14M
2A
ift
.ft
IM
6A
3A
12A
8M
IM
IM
IM
10A
IM
2M
7M
1A
2M
IM
8M
4M
6M
4M
10M
2M
6M
IM
2M
12M
2M
IM
2M
IM
15M
47M
15M
4M
IM
5A
JM
5M
2M
IM
3M
IM
2M
7A
6M
2M
Days
Duration
Mrs.
28 ..
1 ..
60 ..
1 ..
28 ..
3
2 ..
'4 '
l .
l 1
7 '.
i \\
i .
2 ..
21
1
3
1 . .
2
2 ..
'2 ;
2 .
25 .
2 .
18
2
3 .
2
10
4 12
1
7
1
1
2
5
1
5
12 8
20
-------
TABLE 10—Report of Fish Kills, 1971—Cause Identified -Continued
Body of water
So Fork Little R
Beargrass Creek
Jessamine Cr
Triplet! Creek
Hinkston Creek
Tradewater River
Sexton Creek
St Asaph Creek
Beech Creek
LOUISIANA
Red River
Rynella Canal
Teche Lake Canal
Btn Rge Barge Ca
Btn Rge Barge Ca
Btn Rge Barge Ca
Btn Rge Barge Ca
Monte Sano Bayou
SIR Wtr Barge Ca
Bayou Dulac
Charenton Nav Ca
Fausse Polnte La
Bayou De Glalses
Houma Nav Canal
Empire Canal
Blind River
ICWW &16SI Ca
Calcasieu River
Calcasleu River
Sablne River
Toledo Bend Resr
Ouachlta River
Bayou Teche
Bayou Teche
Bayou Bienvenue
Bayou Michaud
Calcasleu River
Bayou Bulltail
Bayou La Butte
40&28 Arpent C
Cross Bayou
Cross Lake
Cross-12-Mi Bayu
Twelve-Mi Bayou
Salt Bayou
Red Chute Canal
Bayou Braud
Bayou Lafourche
Little River
Lake Natchez
Bay Rontleur
MAINE
Youngs Brook
MARYLAND
Baltimore Harbor
Lt Blackwater R
Basin Run
Susquehanna Riv
Riviera Beach Pd
Little Pipe Cr.. . .
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
5 Br Riv Raisin
Red Cedar-Grand
Weadock Channel
Frank & Poet Drn
MINNESOTA
Red Cedar River
Red Cedar River
City or town
Hopklnsville
Jefferson Co
Jessamine Co
Morehead
Mt Sterling
Providence
Sexton
Stanford
Waddy
Weslvlew
Alexandria
Avery Island
Baldwin
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
Bunkle
Charenton
Charenton
Cottonport
Oulac
Empire
Gramercy
Harvey
Lake Charles
Lake Charles
Logansport
Logansport
Monroe
New Iberia
New Iberia
New Orleans
New Orleans
Oberlin
Plaquemine
Plaquemlne
Raceland
Shreveport
Shreveport
Shreveport
Shreveport
Slidell
Sligp
St Gabriel
Thibodaux
Tullos
White Castle
Wlsner
Westfield
Baltimore
Colora
Conowlngo
Riviera Beach
Sand Flat
Adrian
East Lansing
Essexvllle
Gibraltar
Midland
Austin
Austin
Date
5 27 71
9 29 71
8 24 71
11 17 71
8 30 71
8 OB 71
8 06 71
7 02 71
6 09 71
10 12 71
4 22 71
9 11 71
7 28 71
9 02 71
4 23 71
7 29 71
8 01 71
8 11 71
8 27 71
7 16 71
1 29 71
1 08 71
3 05 71
1 09 71
3 25 71
8 13 71
8 04 71
8 01 71
7 19 71
8 26 71
9 01 71
8 05 71
12 10 71
3 01 71
8 06 71
9 20 71
7 03 71
11 12 71
12 23 71
8 31 71
9 02 71
7 04 71
5 21 71
4 21 71
7 27 71
10 21 71
12 16 71
11 29 71
10 26 71
9 12 71
5 16 71
8 23 71
7 27 71
9 03 71
8 02 71
9 02 71
7 11 71
Z 18 71
9 ig 71
5 04 71
8 24 71
8 14 71
5 09 71
5-71
8 20 71
7 12 71
6 19 71
6 21 71
8 07 71
8 05 71
8 05 71
8 02 71
8 10 71
10 21 71
1 25 71
7 27 71
1 02 71
7 22 71
Causa1
see code
page 32
26
25
26
31
31
25
21
21
21
50
11
13
13
11
41
31
!!
%
II
27
II
a
1!
11
B
24
11
§
II
31
23
43
24
11
31
41
31
31
31
11
24
$
11
50
33
n
13
13
11
50
11
50
31
31
11
11
24
24
31
28
26
24
11
31
Type of
f.shkllled
*•
J|
20
20
5
30
25
1
10
20
5
10
50
10
5
10
10
5
10
10
40
25
30
1
5
io
60
75
50
10
80
5
100
5
20
100
50
50
50
50
70
75
1
14
34
1
99
11
1
"50'
25
10
'
Percen
non-
game
80
100
80
95
70
75
99
100
90
80
95
90
50
90
95
90
90
95
90
90
60
100
100
100
75
70
99
95
90
40
25
50
90
20
95
100
95
80
50
50
50
50
30
25
99
100
100
86
66
99
1
100
100
100
89
99
100
50
75
90
I
*- ^-
Percen
with c«
mercta
40
5
1
20
10
90
90
30
90
90
90
80
30
10
80
100
50
10
25
5
80
40
90
40
70
' '50
50
25
100
100
88
Estimated
fish killed
1.000
30.598
100
10.000
1,468
6.506
21
6.465
500
i,030
1.000
4,000
6,000
5,000
200
20.000
20.000
5.000
5,000
3.000
2.000
200
500
50.000
2.500
400
100
3.000
500
7.500
3,500
5,500
2,000
1.000
1.000
3.000
1.000.000
400
7.500
1.000
15.000
2.000
1.000
400
2.000
177,550
30
' siooo
100
800
113.000
3.000
15,000
18,000
1.222.800
3^300
4,000
50,000
2.000
3,000
3,000
Severity
see
code
page 32
1
4
1
4
4
1
4
3
2
4
1
4
2
4
1
3
2
3
3
4
2
4
2
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
4
3
2
3
2
4
2
3
4
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
3
2
1
2
1
'
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
Esti-
mated
miles or
acres
affected '
4M
1M
1M
2M
3M
11M
lOM
1M
1M
1M
2M
3M
1M
1M
5M
3M
6M
1M
2M
2M
2M
1M
3M
2M
8M
40A
2M
5M
3M
4M
1M
2A
6M
10M
2M
6M
3M
3M
1M
3M
1M
20M
2M
4M
6M
6M
1M
9M
10M
20M
5M
160A
1M
10A
1M
1A
2M
5M
1M
1M
1M
"'5M'
1M
1M
2M
SM
2M
-------
TABLE 10—Report of Fish Kills, 1971—Cause Identified—Continued
Body of water
MISSOURI
Drainage Ditches
N Fk Salt River
Spring River
Te bo creek
N Fk S Fabius R
Middle Fk Salt R
Pfunkett Park La
Davis Creek
Shoal Creek
James River
South River
Flat Creek
Watklns Creek
MONTANA
W Gariatin River
Highwood Creek
Clark Fork River
NEBRASKA
Pibel Lake .
Moffett Drain
Elm Creek
Weeping Water Cr
NEVADA
S Fk Humboldt R
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Kezar Lake
NEW JERSEY
Sunset Lake
Trlb- Drakes Brk
Trib-Drakes Brk
Co Farm Ponds
Bldwetls Ditch
Lake Hopatcong
Dry Run Creek
Trlb-lamlngton R
Mobil Lab Pond .
Lake Carnegie
Heritage Lake
Lions Head Lake
NEW MEXICO
Gila River
NEW VORK
Nineteen Gully
Number Nine Brk
Crane Brook
Canadaway Creek
City or town
Cloquet
Farlbault
North Branch
Advance
Asbuty
Brashear
Callao
Carthage
Clinton
Columbia
Columbia
Edina
Faucett
Gerald
Independence
Jasper
Joplin
Kahoka
Macon
Mexico
Mound City
Mound City
Neosho
Nevada
Nixa
Palmyra
Parma
Rock Port
Sedalla
St Louis
Success
Troy
Valley Park
Warrensburg
East Helena
Gallatln Gatewy
Highwood
Missoula
Ringllng
Ronan
W Yellowstone
Bartlett
Minatare
Ord
Weeping Water
Elko
Wells
Merrimack
Nashua
North Sutton
Chatham
Flanders
Flanders
Gloucester Twp
Goshen
Hlghtstown
Hopatcong
Mays Landing
Millburn
Oldwick
Pennlngton
Princeton
Red Bank
Saddle River
Wayne
Cliff
Angelica
Athol
Auburn
Buffalo
Buffalo
Buffalo
Chappaqua
Clayvllle
Fredonla
Date
9' 29 71
3 05 71
6 20 71
3 24 71
9 02 71
9 26 71
1 08 71
9 01 71
7 29 71
11 11 71
7 31 71
5 21 71
6 30 71
6 11 71
7 27 71
10 30 71
10 17 71
8 20 71
4 16 71
2 25 71
5 13 71
9 01 71
10 17 71
8 02 71
7 11 71
12 21 71
3 27 71
4 12 71
7 02 71
8 23 71
8 02 71
7 07 71
2 11 71
6 15 71
8 27 71
9 02 71
9 03 71
3 22 71
6 18 71
I 04 71
9 29 71
6 05 71
3 24 71
7 30 71
10 19 71
3 15 71
3 26 71
3 16 71
9 18 71
6 21 71
6 29 71
9 15 71
4 08 71
4 12 71
7 07 71
5 07 71
6 11 71
9 03 71
10 01 71
12 08 71
3 03 71
8 14 71
2 20 71
7 04 71
6 07 71
7 10 71
7 26 71
7 07 71
11 11 71
1 26 71
8 20 71
6 02 71
5 19 71
11 05 71
9 02 71
Cause '
see coda
page 32
31
22
11
11
21
31
41
31
21
50
21
12
2i
25
13
24
22
24
41
12
25
31
31
31
24
11
12
25
25
11
13
31
28
26
42
13
21
11
31
42
11
11
12
31
11
11
31
50
31
50
50
50
50
50
33
50
50
50
42
25
50
42
50
50
50
22
50
28
26
31
24
34
23
31
flsnPkll°ed
ll
50
20
60
80
43
.. .^.
20
25
100
59
1
1
46
30
50
9
100
5
5
io
100
100
26
100
'8
6
69
5
5
1
1
20
50
10
25
5
75
25
100
1
40
2
5
Percent
non-
game
100
50
80
40
20
100
57
100
95
80
75'
100
100 '
100
41
99
99
100
54
70
50
100
91
100
100
100
95
95
90
74
75
99
94
31
95
95
99
99
100
80
50
90
75
100
95
100
25
75
99
60
100
100
100
98
95
100
Percent kill
with com*
mercial value
80
Estimated
fish killed
200
150
10,000
25,000
12.000
152,752
7i!o66
6,000
12^606
32.181
19,000
200
1,000
20,300
150
2,300
1,000
12,356
2! 750
70.000
2.500
40.000
2.500
36,000
200
100
150
10.000
3,000
1.000
5.280
1.000
135
9.000
235
15.000
5.000
100.000
10.000
2§
1.000
2,000.000
2,000
1.000
400
200
50
200
25
300
250
500
300
2.500
100
50
10.000
50
3.000
150
Severity
see
code
page 32
4
4
2
2
2
•••j-
2
2
1
1
4
2
4
4
4
4
1
3
1
3
4
3
2
1
4
1
1
2
1
2
4
2
4
1
4
4
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
4
4
2
2
1
3
3
2
1
4
3
4
4
2
4
2
2
Esti-
mated
miles or
acres
affected '
IM
IM
6M
10M
8M
14 M
15M
5M
3M
2M
2M
3M
1A
10M
IM
2M
4M
IM
3M
6A
7M
IM
2M
IM
6M
IM
5M
3M
4M
1A
2M
IM
3M
2M
4M
IM
2M
4M
2M
2A
IM
5M
IM
10M
IM
3M
182A
2A
1A
IM
3A
4M
2M
20A
IM
1A
1A
2A
5A
35A
3M
IM
4M
IM
IM
IM
IM
4M
2M
J
S
3
0
S £
a z
14 '.
1 ".
'.'. 24
5 ..
4 ..
6
15
3 .
4
5
3
1
10
3
2 '.
3
2
5 ..
2
2
2
4
1 ..
2
1 . .
1 . .
-------
TABLE 10—Report of Fish Kills, 1971—Cause Identified-Continued
Body of water
Allegheny River
Slxmile Creek
Chadakoln R
English Brook
Tunungwant Creek
Little Inlet
2 Ml Cr-Allghy R
Orlskany Creek
Barge Canal
Third Brook
Oatka Creek . .
Trlb5of BlgCr
Elllcott Creek
NORTH CAROLINA
Middle Fk*New R .
Cold Water Greek
Indian Swamp
Little River
Qrean Mill Run
Bald Mt Creek
Tuckategee River
OHIO
EFk Eagle Cr
E Fk Eagle Cr
Lt Threemlle Cr
Lt Threemlle Cr
Lt Rlley Cr
Trlb Vermilion R
Hocking R
Great Miami R
Huff Run
Lt Darby Cr
W Fk Lt Beaver C
Tiffin R . ...
Big Walnut Cr
Pipe Cr
Vermilion R
Big Walnut Cr
BlacKIIck Cr
Scloto R
Chlcamuga Cr
Bank Lick Cr .
Rt 235 Stream
Tr S Fk Turkey F ...
Trib Five Ml Cr
Indian Trail Run
Vermilion R
Lake Erie
N Fk Licking R
N FkLicklnsR
City or town
Gowanda
Hilton
Hlmrod
Irvine Mills
Ithaca
Jamestown
Lake George
Limestone
Mayvllle
Niagara Falls
Norwich
Olean
Orlskany Falls
Plttsford
Plttsford
Red Creek
Shortsvllle
Walton
Watervllle
Wllllamsvllle
Bowdens
Fairmont
Greenville
Raleigh
Sylva
Waynesvllle
Woodleaf
Allen Co
Butler Co
Clark Co
Erie Co
Fairfleld Co
Falrtleld Co
Franklin Co
Fulton & Wms
Co
Gallia Co
Gallia Co
Hardln Co
Booking Co
Lake Co
Lake Co
Licking Co
Llckinn Co
Date
8 25 7
10 13 7
12 10 7
12 13 7
8 06 7
9 18 7
5 13 7
7 22 7
8 06 7
5 14 7
4 05 7
6 29 7
2 08 7
10 14 7
4 28 7
12 07 7
7 22 7
10 10 7
6 09 7
6 07 7
5 05 7
8 10 7
7 23 7
9 14 7
5 10 71
7 07 7
7 16 7
6 14 71
6 17 71
1 05 71
7 07 7
7 25 7
8 15 7
9 09 7
9 09 71
5 31 7
6 01 7
11 08 71
10 16 71
2 06 71
2 01 71
6 23 7
12 07 7
12 14 7
7 28 7
10 31 71
4 27 71
9 15 7
8 24 7
6 08 71
7 15 71
5 23 7
7 17 7
6 08 7
8 16 7
9 12 71
8 08 71
9 02 71
9 08 7
9 11 7
4 26 7
6 01 7
1 20 71
8 13 71
9 08 71
10 20 71
10 05 71
9 16 7
9 29 7
9 11 71
9 30 71
9 07 71
6 10 71
12 11 71
11 16 71
5 05 71
9 13 71
5 12 7
6 24 7
4 13 7
5 22 7
9 10 7
1 29 7
2 12 7
5 27 7
9 26 71
Cause'
see code
page 32
31
31
21
31
25
26
26
42
25
22
42
24
24
28
31
31
22
31
11
35
32
26
42
31
33
11
44
11
31
31
42
28
33
33
42
23
31
28
28
35
35
28
42
44
21
28
28
25
31
28
28
21
50
32
23
31
23
31
22
31
22
31
23
13
31
31
28
31
13
31
13
28
32
28
44
13
25
28
22
22
13
21
35
33
22
fl.nl
Ii
17
30
9
75
20
1
1
1
1
1
1
30
100
1
5
25
50
74
100
68
65
60
5
• of
Illed
e
1*1
0. C 01
83
70
100
100
91
100
100
25
80
99
100
99
100
99
99
99
100
99
70
99
100
100
100
95
75
100
50
26
32
35
40
95
99
Percent kill
with com-
mercial value
100
28
17
Estimated
fish killed
600
7,500
100
3.000
62.000
1,000
300
200
45,000
1,500
10.000
5 000
200
5.000
5.000
2.000
75
100
10,000
1 000
7,000
7,500
10
20.000
1,359
572
600
400
500
200
15.000
15.000
36,832
1,024
5,000
141
687
1,006
7,540
1,518
6,396
75
124
25.218
412
41
308
77
208
3.423
73 527
679
573
28
756
1.000
100
118
148
157
32
133
20
1 549
1.117
54
3 324
56
325
414
22
17.293
Severity
see
code
page 32
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
4
2
2
2
4
3
1
1
1
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
3
2'
2
2
2
3
2
Esti-
mated
miles or
acres
affected'
5M
3M
IM
6M
IM
IM
2M
IM
6M
IM
IM
IM
IM
2M
3M
IM
IM
7M
3M
IM
3M
IM
IM
6M
5M
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
15M
700A
5M
SM
20M
Days
Duration
Hrs.
10
2
1
1
3
. 6
3
1
4
4
8
5
2
3
-------
TABLE 10—Report of Fish Kills, 1971—Cause Identified-Continued
Body of water
Mad River
Black R
Willow Cr
Maumee R
Swan Cr
Lt Sandusky R
Great Miami R
Great Miami R
Great Miami R
Great Miami R
Great Miami R
Allen Run
Chaps Run
Thompson Run
E Fk Duck Cr
W Fk Duck Cr
Flat Rock Cr
Flat Rock Cr
Flat Rock Cr
Prairie Cr
Lt Cuyahoga R
Trlb Eagle Cr
Elk Cr
Four Mile Cr
Four Mile Cr
Seven Mile Cr
Seven Mile Cr
N Br Yellow Cr
Rlley Cr
Tawa Run
W Black Fork
Pond Lick Res.
J A Thlse Ditch
Morrison Cr
Rock Cr
Rock Cr
Turtle Cr
Black Run
E Br Nlmlshlllen
Trlb Mahonlng R
Turkey Foot Ca
Mahonlng R
Lt StlllwaTer Cr
Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley
MIHCr
Newmans Run
RlttersCr
Shaker Cr
Trlb Lt Miami R
Duck Cr
Slegel Ditch
Spring Run
OKLAHOMA
Skeleton Cr
Cottonwood Cr.
N Canadian R
N Canadian R. . .
Walnut Cr. .. ...
Manabee Cr
N Canadian R .
OREGON
Ashland Creek
Refrigerator Cr
Gilbert Creek
Applegate River
PENNSYLVANIA
Monogahela River
Hay Creek
Susquehanna Riv.
Tunungwant Creek. .. .
Monocacy Creek
Monocacy Creek
Monocacy Creek
Monocacy Creek. . .
Fishing Creek. .
Conneaut Creek
Trlb-Whltney Run
Tr E Br Brndywln
Narrows Creek
Lt Loyalsock Cr
Sambo Creek
Bonnie Brook.
Driftwood Branch. . .
Trlb-Raystown
Colo Creek
Willow Creek
City or town
Logan Co
Lorain Co
Loraln Co
Lucas Co
Lucas Co
Marlon Co
Miami Co
Miami Co
Montgomery Co
Montgomery Co
Montgomery Co
Morgan Co
MusKingum Co
Muskingum Co
Noble Co
Noble Co
Paulding Co
Paulding Co
Paulding Co
Paulding Co
Portage Co
Portage Co
Preble Co
Preble Co
Preble Co
Preble Co
Prebla Co
Putnam Co
Putnam Co
Putnam Co
Rlchland Co
Scloto Co
Seneca Co
Seneca Co
Seneca Co
Seneca Co
Shelby Co
Stark Co
Stark Co
Stark Co
Summitt Co
Trumbull Co
Tuscarawas Co
Tuscarawas Co
Tuscarawas Co
Union Co
Warren Co
Warren Co
Warren Co
Warren Co
Washington Co
Williams Co
Wyandot Co
Enid
Guthrle
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
Purcell
Shattuck
Watonga
Ashland
Crescent Lake
Grants Pass
Murphy
Belle Vernon
Birdsboro
Bloomsburg
Bradford
Brodhead
Broadhead
Brodhead
Broadhead
Columbia Co
Conneautville
Corry
Dowlngtown
Dubois
Dushore
E Stroudsburg
East Butlor
Emporium
Everett
Farmers Valley
Fleetwood
Date
4 23 71
9 18 71
7 15 71
10 06 71
9 02 71
10 26 71
9 01 71
10 24 71
9 23 71
9 10 71
1 15 71
4 04 71
3 25 71
7 23 71
9 28 71
8 23 71
10 16 71
9 02 71
11 17 71
10 18 71
711 71
/ 11 f 1
3 01 71
8 16 71
9 09 71
4 21 71
9 08 71
8 20 71
1 16 71
10 13 71
6 08 71
12 07 71
4 21 71
6 04 71
7 23 71
5 24 71
7 23 71
7 11 71
9 04 71
7 25 71
8 30 71
5 25 71
2 19 71
1 11 71
8 31 71
9 04 71
9 11 71
9 03 71
7 02 71
6 14 71
9 14 71
3 22 71
8 30 71
3 02 71
4 17 71
1 12 71
2 06 71
11 03 71
8 16 71
9 12 71
6 12 71
7 31 71
9 09 71
2 10 71
7 20 71
7 28 71
7 31 71
8 31 71
9 12 71
8 06 71
10 17 71
9 07 71
7 30 71
7 24 71
7 23 71
5 16 71
9 12 71
6 14 71
3 14 71
7 10 71
9 03 71
1 16 71
8 19 71
4 18 71
11 12 71
4 20 71
•
~lS
nZ 19
oSo.
28
28
32
31
31
11
22
3]
23
31
33
25
28
21
21
21
31
31
31
28
y
31
13
12
13
31
31
31
31
28
26
28
22
50
13
28
13
32
28
22
50
26
41
13
13
42
13
13
50
22
21
42
31
25
42
31
24
31
11
31
33
41
11
11
50
41
31
24
21
21
21
11
24
13
42
25
22
50
24
33
25
25
31
Type of
flih killed
^
ii
£8,
9
2
4
1
2
7
1
100
100
100
100
13
8
20
33
100
100
100
100
27
30
10
50
10
10
1
50
100
25
10
_
Li
DON
0. e w
91
98
96
99
98
93
99
87
92
80
67
73
70
50
100
_ D
5 • S
ill
£11
'..0
•JO
00
09
'.0
/5
90
Estimated
llsh killed
3.003
105
131,245
2,015
661
54
22 , 889
548i076
7.045
1.295
32 678
224
51
'4 ' 761 '
151870
42, 354
1,723
486
4,233
408
si69i
400
3,403
250
63
148
675
40
25
94
23
60 281
2^600
2.536
1 795
7 592'
118
1.505
686
47 250
56
22,818
35 040
500
171.370
2 219
572
132.769
200
1.050
36
100
3,450
% 064
25,054
52 080
40
18
'iOO
100
7 324
100 000
500
'iOO
Severity >
see
code
page 32
3
3
2
4
2
2
2
2
3
4
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
.'00 , 4
2.500
4 074
2
1
32 081 2
Esti-
mated
miles or
acres
affected •
e
0
•s
2
a
O
M
2? y
S I
i
62M
7M
35 M
8M
2A
IM
2M
IM
2M
IM
IM
IBM
5M
3M
3M
IM
IM
IM
IM
4M
18M
IM
IM
7M
IM
IM
6M
1,061) 2 IM
12
100
456
4 tM
4 IM
4
IM
14
1 , '.
2 .
1
2
1
4
3
.. 2
1
2 .
24
2 ..
3
6
3
i. . .
1 12
3 .
2
5
24
7
1
3
8
6
1
1
-------
to
o
TABLE 10—Report of Fish Kills, 1971—Cause Identified-Continued
Body of water
Ten Mile Creek
Ten Mile Creek
Trlb to Pine Run
Moscow Reservoir
Mountain Creek
Lt Chlckles Cr
Lt Chicfcies Cf
Lt Junfata Creek
Unk Trlb- Big Run
WolHtill Run
Mahonlng Creek
Mahoning Creek
Trlb to Thorn Cr
Run-Trlb Gltts R . .
Conneaut Creek
Valley Run
So Br French Cr
Cowan seque River
Trlb-Pennypnck C
Wind Gap Branch
Wallace Run
RHODE ISLAND
Point Judith Pd
SOUTH CAROLINA
Fishing Creek
SOUTH DAKOTA
Roderick Dam
Spit Rock Creek
TENNESSEE
White Horn Creek
Dale Hollow Lake
S Holt Fish Farm
Stones R-W Fork
Stones R-W Fork
Stones R-W Fork
Melton HMf Lake
TEXAS
Trinity River.
Hlllebrant Bayou
Nolan Creek
City or town
Franklin
Fredricksburg
Garland-
Tarpedo
Grays ville
Hamburg
Hellertown
Herman
Houserville
Kulpsvllle
Lewistown
Llmestoneville
Mars
Mars
Mather
Mather
Mausedale
Meadville
Meadvllle
Merwin
Middletown
Moscow
Mt Holly Sprngs
Mt Joy
Mt Joy
Myoma-Butler
New Bloomfleld
New Castle
Oakmount
Petroleum Centr
Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney
S Centre Twp
Saxonburg
Sayre
Slglervllle
Simpson
Slatington
Smith Station
Somerset
Sonestown
Springboro
Thorndare
Union City
WaKefield
West Mifflin
Westfield
Westfleld
Willow Grove
Wind Gap
Wlngate
York Haven
Wakefield
West Warwick
Rock Hill
Artesian
Corson
Rapid City
Bethesda
Bulls Gap
Byrdstown
Centerville
Ernestville
Fayetteville
Forbus
Johnson City
Lavernge
Lewlsburg
Madison
Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro
Oak Ridge
Wartrace
Waverly
Alvin
Anahuac
Raytown
Beaumont
Belton
Date
1 07 71
9 17 71
8 24 71
3 19 71
10 01 71
3 30 71
5 24 71
4 28 71
6 27 71
1 11 71
8 18 71
12 17 71
4 07 71
9 13 71
7 08 71
9 25 71
7 22 71
10 13 71
10 07 71
3 12 71
10 28 71
12 20 71
8 18 71
5 15 71
7 14 71
9 02 71
8 31 71
7 15 71
5 12 71
8 19 71
6 09 71
9 15 71
6 26 71
7 30 71
9 07 71
7 29 71
10 22 71
7 16 71
9 09 71
8 11 71
7 25 71
10 04 71
6 08 71
9 08 71
7 10 71
7 14 71
6 04 71
11 01 71
9 12 71
7 28 71
2 04 71
8 05 71
7 29 71
6 29 71
5 01 71
6 05 71
8 10 71
8 10 71
5 21 71
8 01 71
6 23 71
6 28 71
6 09 71
8 21 71
5 13 71
5 05 71
5 31 71
2 26 71
11 22 71
9 01 71
10 02 71
7 01 71
9 11 71
10 26 71
2 04 71
7 15 71
7 02 71
8 04 71
4 17 71
Cause i
se« code
page 32
28
50
26
44
42
21
25
24
31
25
42
24
24
31
21
26
24
31
24
24
33
11
13
31
24
50
50
21
44
26
31
12
27
31
34
26
42
28
25
50
50
42
42
50
26
24
28
25
50
50
50
24
28
31
11
13
31
11
41
21
28
42
13
21
24
28
31
31
31
31
31
31
24
31
50
31
31
31
31
flln".
Ii
<£&
10
50
100
100
47
25
10
75
25
20
50
10
40
10
50
100
70
20
50
20
90
2
1
7
10
1
20
40
20
25
25
10
10
25
25
40
20
100
1
50
100
50
1
100
10
20
10
1
2
'i
3
70
100
"60'
19
80
4
5
5
"BO'
30
eof
filled
111
100
90
50
98
166
53
75
90
25
75
80
50
90
100
60
90
50
99
30
80
50
80
10
100
98
99
93
90
100
99
80
60
80
75
75
90
90
75
75
60
80
99
50
50
99
100
90
80
100
90
99
98
99
93
97
99
30
100
40
81
20
100
98
96
95
95
100
20
70
Percent kill
with com-
mercial value
too
100
10
80
50
Estimated
flih killed
100
200
500
1.129
100
1.440
6.140
3.000
112
3.000
11.773
5.404
250
300
350.000
1,200
1,000
500
15.000
9.287
5,407
1,662
2,282
3,000
300
20.000
212
8.292
2,000
150
10,336
16,476
80
2,750
34,447
6 1777
1.120
3,500
26,000
3,500
189,166
2.016
110
1,500
1.625
8.000
220
15.388
200
100
5,000
300
5,000
10,787
45,198
2.000
1,000
1,025
33.486
7,618
1,162
22,272
300
200
31,728
18.255
,0.197
98.842
9,486
200
3,000,000
2.000
1.000
5 000
Severity
tee
code
page 32
4
4
2
3
2
2
4
1
2
1
'"4
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
3
3
2
4
1
1
3
2
1
2
2
2
4
1
4
2
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
3
4
2
4
2
2
2
4
4
2
2
2
4
2
1
4
3
1
Esti-
mated
mlle> or
acres
affected •
IM
IM
2M
3M
IM
4M
2M
5M
IM
IM
2M
5M
3M
2M
2M
6M
IM
3M
3M
30A
9M
6M
3M
IM
IM
2M
30M
3M
IM
4M
IM
4M
2M
IM
2M
2M
2M
3M
2M
6M
3M
12M
2M
IM
IM
IM
2M
2M
IM
2M
IM
12M
10A
3M
3M
IM
3M
IA
IM
3M
2M
2M
2M
IM'
4M
2M
IM
4A
2M
IM
4M
5M
3M
2M
Days
Duration
Hrs.
. 3
6
4
24
3
26
3 ::
4 .'.
2
2
2 .
1 .
10
2
.. 24
. 6
1 ..
4 '.'.
3 ..
.. 4
.. 4
2 '.'.
'.'. 6
.. 6
6 ..
1 .
12
1 8
3
.. '6
2 ..
3
2
12
i ..'
.. 6
2 ::
i
3
6
1 .
.. 6
2 "
2
'l .,
3
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TABLE 10—Report of Fish Kills, 1971—Cause Identified-Continued
Body of water
Pecan Bayou
Crystal Creek
Ship Channel CC
RJo Grande River
Dickinson Bayou
Dickinson Bayou
Dickinson Bayou
Magnolia Bayou
East Union Bayou
Freeport Harbor
Old Oyster Creek
Clear Creek
Salt Creek
Bee Creek
North Bosque Riv
Kings Creek
Johnson Creek
Clear Creek
Day Lake
Cedar Bayou
Arkansas River
Trinity River
Sabtnal River
Cibolo Creek
Leon Creek
San Antonio Riv
Woodlawn Lake
Taylor Bayou
Drainage Canal
Texas City Harbr
Texas City Harbr
Mission River
VERMONT
Wai loom sac River
Whetstone Brook
Black River
VIRGINIA
Private Pond
Little Otter R
Broad Run
Private Pond
N Fk Holston R .
NFkHolston R
Tr Sf Shenandoah
Wolf Cr
Private Pond
WASHINGTON
Puget Sound
Beaver Creek
Chehalis River
Lake Creek
Cooke Creek
Coal Creek
Capitol Lake
Snake River
Columbia River
Lake Sammamish, .
Cedar River
Cowl it z River
Lake Washington. . .
Mathews Creek
WEST VIRGINIA
Glade Creek
Buckhannon River
Middle Fk-Tygart
Greenbrier River
Ohio River [
Charles Creek
Guyandotte River
West Fork
Toms Fork
Polk Cr-West Fk
Poplar Fork
Private Ponds
WISCONSIN
Thompson Valley
Drainage Ditch
Isabelle Creek
City or town
Brownwood
Con roe
Del Rio
Dickinson
Dickinson
Dickinson
Dickinson
Freeport
Freeport
Freeport
Friend swood
Graham
Granbury
Iredell
Kaufman
Kerrville
League City
Liberty
Mont Belvieu
Rockport
Sabinal
San Antonio
San Antonio
Shoreacres
Texas City
Texas City
Woodsboro
Bennington
Brattleboro
Northfield
Springfield
Accomac
Bedford
Chantilly
Fairfax
Glenallen
Saltville
Tallysville
Anacortes
Bellingham
Cosmopolis
Forks
Kittitas
Longview
Olympfa
Pa sco
Plymouth
Redmond
Renton
Salkum
Seattle
Seattle
Beckley
Buckhannon
Casslty
Ourbin
New Martmsvill
Rlchwood
Stephenson
Walkersville
West Union
Weston
Wlnfield
Winfield
Augusta
Bancroft
Ellsworth
Data
6 04 71
5 30 71
7 29 71
7 09 71
6 15 71
8 08 71
8 25 71
7 07 71
8 16 71
8 24 71
5 28 71
10 06 71
7 07 71
3 03 71
3 29 71
4 25 71
4 24 71
8 21 71
3 15 71
is? ?i
lit 3
5 19 71
72471
9 08 71
9 03 71
5 14 71
1 11 71
7 12 71
7 15 71
5 06 71
7 22 71
10 08 71
9 27 71
8 08 71
7 12 71
8 24 71
7 28 71
7 20 71
6 23 71
12 12 71
7 31 71
5 09 71
8 28 71
5 05 71
9 08 71
5-71
6 29 71
4 01 71
5 03 71
7 15 71
7 01 71
2 07 71
6 22 71
4—71
5 26 71
2 08 71
8 20 71
4 03 71
6 01 71
6 29 71
6 07 71
7 10 71
6 22 71
4 20 71
7 09 71
6 25 71
8 19 71
8 28 71
8 03 71
6 07 71
8 02 71
5 14 71
8 06 71
8 14 71
5 06 71
Cause '
see code
page 32
50
31
25
25
44
50
31
31
31
31
31
50
50
24
31
28
50
31
11
31
25
50
50
31
13
50
26
50
24
24
31
31
27
27
11
24
24
24
11
28
50
13
24
28
50
25
28
28
50
11
50
50
50
35
28
50
28
24
50
31
21
21
28
24
50
42
28
42
21
25
35
22
11
31
Typ
fish*
Percent
game
10
50
6
10
5
30
80
10
5
30
35
5
70
35
50
10
10
10
3
30
25
1
100
50
100
65
95
100
100
100
10
100
100
60
100
100
too
100
100
30
50
18
5
10
10
20
70
70
10
5
90
100
>of
Hied
Percent
non-
game
90
94
95
90
95
95
98
70
99
20
90
95
70
65
95
100
100
99
30
50
100
90
90
100
100
100
97
100
70
100
v\
50
5
100
100
90
100
40
70
50
82
95
100
90
90
80
30
30
90
95
10
_ s
5 .a
Percent
with com
mercial *
80
50
85
90
2
60
35
50
"30
166
10
90
4
Estimated
fish killed
1 000
2,000
500
1,800
4,000.000
2,000,000
3,000,000
1.000
2,350
105.600
1.000
400
400
500
4.000
366
3.000
100
14.000
1.000
500.000
1 000
3' ooo
200
100.000
200
' 50
150 000
'700
5.000
2,500
25.000
3.000
10 000
2 500
60
1.200
1.100
2.306
12 077
100
27
500
500
5,011,400
100
150
50
1.000
1.000
60
125
22.500
1.500
120.547
5.000
100
10.121
500
14.779
23.000
7,832
3.000
1.000
125
30
Severity
see
code
page 32
4
i
2
4
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
1
3
4
4'
3
4
4
2
2
4
3
4
2
4
4
3
2
4
2
4
1
1
3
3
2
4
2
3
2
3
2
2
4
3
3
2
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
4
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
Esti-
mated
miles or
acras
affected*
IM
2M
4M
5M
5M
3M
IM
IM
2M
3M
5M
4M
2M
2M
2M
IM
IM
IM
11M
269 M
IM
2M
2M
IM
2M
IM
5A
10A
4M
IM
2M
2M
1A
22M
4M
16A
BM
iw
1A
IM
3A
5M
3M
1A
IM
IM
6A
70M
1A
1A
IM
IM
1A
IM
6M
3M
18M
IM
13M
2M
IM
3M
IM
3A
4M
ZM
5M
o
e
Q
S 2
Q Z
1 ..
4 '.'.
4
5 .
1 '.'.
1
1 ..
1 ..
.',"8
3
4 ..
1 ..
2 ..
1
7 ..
i ..
I ..
1 ..
i
i . ".
i .
.. 5
6
12
30 "
3
2
1
2
1
2
30 ..
99 . .
1 ..
2 .
2 ..
99 .:
1 .
1 ..
i .
i ..
i ..
2 ..
3 ..
. a
i ..
i .
2 ..
i'
i '.'.
15
2 '..
to
-------
w
ro
TABLE 10—Report of Fish Kills, 1971—Cause Identified-Continued
Body of water
Milwaukee River
Echo Lake-Onelda
WYOMING
City or town
Grafton
Lake Mills
Richland Center
Sugar Camp
Cody
Date
1 20 71
5 04 71
6 29 71
8 22 71
8 05 71
11 16 71
;is
Su,,
3«n
3Sa
28
12
31
13
11
13
Typ
fish
e
II
i
2
2
64
85
10
a of
tilled
c
hi
99
98
98
36
15
90
_ |
5iS
4.E-
11!
Estimated
fish killed
1.500
2,000
125
250
12,000
Severity
see
code
page 32
4
2
2
3
2
1
Esti-
mated
miles or
acres
affected >
1M
4M
5M
5M
30A
3M
e
£
Z
2
II
1
1 .
2
6 ..
1 12
10 Agricultural Operations
11 Pesticides (Herbicides, Insecticides, etc.)
12 Fertilizers
13 Manure, Silo, Feedlot Drainage, etc.
20 Industrial Operations
21 Mining
22 Food £ Kindred Products
23 Paper & Allied Products
24 Chemicals
25 Petroleum
26 Metals
27 Combinations
28 Other
« SEVERITY:
1 Complete
2 Heavy
3 Moderate
4 Light
30 Municipal Operations
31 Sewerage System
32 Refuse Disposal
33 Water System
34 Swimming Pool
35 Power
40 Transportation Operations
41 Rail
42 Truck
43 Barge or Boat
44 Pipe Line
50 Other Operations
• ESTIMATED MILES OR ACRES AFFECTED
A «• Acres
M -Miles
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Table 11 lists individual fish kills with causes not specifically identified.
TABLE 11-Report of Fish Kills, 1971-Cause Not Specifically Identified
00
W
Body of water
CALIFORNIA
Lake Merrftt
Fish Harbor-L A
Fish Harbor-L A
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
Quinniplac River
Mt Riga Brook
FLORIDA
E Arm Joes Bayou
E Shore Escambia
Hoffman Bayou ...
Saddle Creek
Myakka Pk-Deep H
Cinco Bayou
Cinco Bayou
Cinco Bayou
Bass Hole Cove .
Bass Hole Cove. . .
Bass Hole Cove
Bass Hole Cove
Bass Hole Cove
Bayou Chico ...
Bayou Texar-Esc
E Shore-Escambia
E Shore-Naval Ai
East Bay-Holley
Escambia Bay. ,
Escambia Bay
Floridatown Been
Hoffman Bayou
Hoffman Bayou
Judges Bayou
Judges Bayou
Judges Bayou-Esc
Judges Bayou-Esc
Judges Bayou-Esc
McMillians Bayou
Mulatto Bayou
Mulatto Bayou
Mulatto Bayou
Mulatto Bayou. , .
Mulatto Bayou-Ca
N Escambia Bay . . ...
Saltzman Bayou
Saltzman Bayou.
Santa Rosa Sound
HAWAII
Pacific Ocean
Ala Moana Pk Ca
Canal-Kuapa Pond
Ka pa la ma Dr Ca
Mariners Cove
Maunalua Bay
Or Ca Mokuleia .
Ulehawa Dr Canal
Honouliuli Pond. ...
ILLINOIS
Indian-Cedar Crs
Copper Slough
Mackinaw River
So Br Kishwaukee
So Br Kishwaukee. ...
So Br Kishwaukee
Cedar Creek
Aux Sable Creek
City or town
Carson
Dunsmuir
Mendocino Co
Monterey
Oakland
Orinda
San Leandro
San Pedro
San Pedro-La Co
Delta County
Glastonbury
Montville
New Haven
North Haven
Plainfield
Salisbury
Wallingford
Brooks Bridge
Destin
Floridatown
Hoffman Bayou
Lakeland
Myakka
Okaloosa Co
Okaloosa Co
Okaloosa County
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Santa Rosa Co
Barbers Point
Honolulu
Honolulu
Honolulu
Honolulu
Honolulu
Honolulu County
Waianae
Waipahu
Abingoon
Champaign
Colfax
Dekalb
Edinburg
Genoa
Kingston
London Mills
Minooka
Date
8 24 71
7 21 71
4 21 71
3 27 71
5 06 71
7 12 71
6 30 71
1 22 71
10 21 71
8 05 71
5 22 71
9 15 71
9 01 71
11 30 71
11 05 71
5 06 71
4 10 71
8 19 71
8 10 71
6 23 71
8 13 71
2 01 71
1 15 71
8 20 71
8 19 71
8 15 71
9 25 71
6 16 71
9 22 71
6 18 71
9 27 71
7 28 71
9 22 71
8 22 71
9 30 71
9 29 71
9 04 71
10 04 71
10 08 71
9 24 71
9 29 71
8 14 71
9 22 71
8 01 71
7 31 71
8 19 71
8 20 71
7 27 71
9 14 71
10 13 71
10 11 71
7 28 71
7 29 71
7 24 71
9 18 71
8 13 71
9 12 71
9 19 71
8 12 71
9 14 71
9 15 71
7 25 71
8 13 71
8 23 71
1 22 71
3 24 71
7 26 71
4 28 71
4 20 71
7 01 71
5 03 71
8 27 71
6 29 71
12 08 71
9 15 71
9 03 71
10 01 71
4 10 71
12 06 71
4 28 71
8 03 71
6 01 71
Type of
fish killed
Percent
game
"ioo"
100
50
100
1
100
'60
'"»'
'so
83
100
50
44
98
2
36
3
1
14
1
2
47
1
Percent
non-
game
100
100
50
'"95
95
100
100
40
100
10
95
100
' 166'
100
20
17
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
50
56
2
98
64
97
99
86
99
98
53
99
Percent kill
with com-
mercial value
' " 5
100
100
100
'ioo'
100
ioo
ioo
100
100
ibb
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
50
44
98
3
10
2
99
7
41
96
60
50
Estimated
fish killed
^i?
20
800
7.000
3.000
100
10.100
10.000
40.000
300
100.000
20.000
300
100
200
2,500
900
9.000
44.000
25.000
835
1,220
350
600
350
3.000.000
400
4,500
750
2,000.000
250
400
5,500,000
350
45
250,000
3.500
150.000
10,000
2.500
250.000
200
1.500
4.500
12.500
250
1.750
2.000.000
500.000
2.500.000
2.000.000
9.000
2,000.000
1.250
250,000
2,000.000
75.000
2.000.000
2 , 000 , 000
2.000.000
2.000,000
750.000
5.000
siooo'
75
100
400
500
200
180
1,200
23.856
24.215
63,920
11.661
13.165
57.671
6,683
1,518
22,843
Severity '
see
code
page 35
4
3
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
4
4
2
2
4
2
2
3
1
3
4
4
4
2
4
3
3
2
4
4
2
4
4
2
3
2
3
3
2
4
2
2
3
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
4
4
4
4
1
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
1
2
• Esti-
mated
miles or
acres
affected
IM
6M
3M
500A
1000A
25A
5A
2M
6M
IM
IM
3M
IM
IM
4M
120A
IM
6A
IM
1A
2A
2A
1A
3M
2A
1A
1A
9M
2A
IM
1A
3M
2M
9M
"'4M'
9M
7M
2M
IM
6A
6A
6A
2A
6A
4A
9M
36A
2M
640A
2M
2A
4A
10M
3A
4A
3A
5M
2M
2M
5M
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
2M
IM
5M
4M
2M
IM
12M
23M
3M
2M
IM
|
s
a
Q
II
1 12
5 ..
1 ..
2
21 ..
'5 '.'.
.. 24
.. 12
. 24
.. 24
1 ..
. 24
9
3
18
18
16 ..
24
. . 24
.. 24
24
24
3 ..
.. 24
.. 24
7 ..
'.'. 24
. 24
. 24
.. 24
. 24
24
. 24
' 24
i '.'.
". 24
. . 24
24
24
24
. 24
1
1
1
3
1
2
i
4
6
1
1
4
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TABLE 11-Report of Fish Kills, 1971-Cause Not Specifically Identified-Continued
Body of water
Feather Creek
INDIANA
KANSAS
CowsKin Creek
S FK Nlnnescah R
LOUISIANA
Bayou Bonfouca
Weeks Bay
MAINE
MARYLAND
Jones Creek
MASSACHUSETTS
Quahog Pond
Mill Creek
MICHIGAN
Black River
MISSOURI
Petite Saline Cr
Beeler Creek
EFork Wakenda R
Flat Creek
NEBRASKA
Johnson Reservoir
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic Cty RSI
Whippany River . ...
Petticoat Brook
Ottens Canal
Lake Riconda
Rahway River
NEW MEXICO
Pecos River
NEW YORK
Tonawanda Creek. . .
Tioga River
Allen Creek
NORTH CAROLINA
City Lake
OHIO
Trib Jerome Fk
Four Mile Cr
Auglaize R
St Marys R
Dicks Cr '.
MillCr .
Trib HockingR
BlackllckCr
City or town
Muncle
Ottervllle
Frankton
Mechanlcsburg
Sunman
Burlington
Haysville
Haysvllle
Marion
Overland Park
Pratt
Aiexandria
Dulac
Hope Villa
Moncla
Slldell
Weeks Island
Westwego
Wash burn
Baltimore
West Falmouth
Yarmouth
Croswell
Boonevilie
Cabool
Hardln
Hermann
Sedalia
St Genevieve
Cambridge
Lexington
Absecon
Cedar Knolls
Hlghtstown
Lebanon
Lopatcong Twp
Manasquan
Mlllville
Morris Plains
North Wildwood
Princeton
Ringwood Boro
Springfield
Washington
Artesia
Tererro
Batavia
Buffalo
Llndley
Rochester
Westfield
Jamestown
Rocky Mount
Slier City
Ashland Co
Athens Co
Auglaize Co
Auglaize Co
Sutler Co
Clinton Co
Delaware Co
-airfield Co
Franklin Co
Date
9 29 71
7 25 71
8 25 71
9 06 71
7 27 71
5 24 71
8 04 71
6 07 71
12 51 71
7 18 71
5 21 71
6 10 71
8 06 71
9 23 71
2 07 71
8 25 91
8 19 71
7 12 71
6 02 71
11 09 71
8 04 71
8 21 71
6 14 71
6 12 71
4 20 71
6 05 71
8 12 71
11 28 71
7 01 71
6 23 71
6 24 71
6 08 71
6 08 71
7 08 71
4 19 71
9 06 71
7 19 71
7 22 71
5 19 71
7 10 71
6 01 71
5 02 71
7 14 71
7 23 71
6 24 71
7 02 71
8 10 71
6 28 71
9 13 71
7 21 71
10 14 71
6 08 71
4 22 71
7 17 71
7 01 71
3 25 71
7 07 71
8 09 71
8 21 71
7 30 71
9 21 71
5 23 71
6 21 71
Type of
fish killed
Percent
game
20
""!
80
1!
25
10
15
50
20
25
10
50
100
40
16
6
20
94
10
1
2
1
15
100
20
30
1
25
Percent
non-
aame
99
80
100
95
95
20
95
85
75
90
85
50
80
75
90
50
100
100
100
100
100
60
'!J
80
100
6
90
100
99
100
100
166
98
100
99
100
100
85
100
100
80
70
99
75
100
100
= J
Percent 1
with com
mercial v
42
80
20
40
35
10
40
25
80
50
90
20
100
100
Estimated
fish killed
5,649
14,245
1.000
152
398
6,000
5,000
3,000
18,860
200
7,500
3.000
1,000
5,000
300
500
500
1,000
2,000
102
75
12,750
i;666
6.000
4,000
i;275
200
25
30
60
50
50
100
100
100
450
50
50
8.000
1,006
200
4.500
25,000
2.000
500
1,500
175
100
479
170
239
110
1,297
1,207
269
134
89
Severity
see
code
page 35
4
3
2
4
1
4
3
2
2
4
4
4
2
4
3
4
2
1
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
4
1
4
3
2
3
3
4
• Esti-
mated
miles or
acres
affected
IM
5M
3M
10M
lM
2M
'2M
6M
3M
3M
11M
15M
IM
1000A
IM
7M
2M
2M
5M
2M
IM
IM
3M
16M
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
13A
4M
6A
2M
IM
IM
8M
5M
IM
IM
6A
IM
Days
Duration
Hrs.
2 :;
'i '.'.
3
15 ,
.. 18
". 6
1 '.'.
11Z
1 .
. 48
1
2 ..
1 ..
'.'. 16
.. 12
20
. 10
2 ..
3 ..
3 ..
'.'. 12
'8
.. 6
2 .
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TABLE 11—Report of Fish Kills, 1971—Cause Not Specifically Identified-Continued
Body of water
Scioto R
Old Town Run
Shawnee Cr. . . .
Lt Miami River
WFkMillCr
Grand R
Trib French Cr.
Wahoo Run
Trib St Marys R .
Great Miami R
Great Miami R
Great Miami R
Great Miami R
Muskingum R
Trib W Branch
Muskingum R
Seven Wile Cr
Loramie Cr
Nine Mile Cr
W Br Nimishillen
Mud Run
Newman Run
OKLAHOMA
Little Sandy Cr
Keystone Res
Cimarron R
Cimarron R
PENNSYLVANIA
Little Pine Cr
Trib-Valley Cr
Powers Run
Buffalo Creek
Byron Sachs Pond ...
Tulpehocken Cr
Iron Run
E Mahoning Creek
Bald Eagle Creek
KiwanisTake
TENNESSEE
Hatchie River
TEXAS
Oyster Bayou
Trinity Bay
Hurricane Levee. . .
Surfside Beach
Sun Oil "Slip"
Paluxy River . . .
Big Creek
Sulfur Creek
Old River
Cow Bayou
Atascosa River. ... .
Leon Creek
San Antonio R.
San Pedro Creek ....
Oyster Creek
Bosque River. . . ...
Lake Arrowhead. . . .
UTAH
Irrigation Ditch
WASHINGTON
Kelsey Creek
Chico Creek
Lake Tapps
Puget Sound. ...
Ohop Creek. . . .
Stevens Creek
Mill Creek
Clarks Creek
Lake Sammamish. . .
Black River. .
Becker Creek ...
Shelton Creek
Shelton Creek
Shelton Creek
Peone Creek
Cowiche Creek
Spring Creek
WEST VIRGINIA
Kanawha River
WISCONSIN
Wolf River
City or town
Franklin Co
Greene Co
Greene Co
Hamilton Co
Hamilton Co
Lake Co
Lorain Co
Madison Co
Mercer Co
Miami Co
Montgomery Co
Montgomery Co
Montgomery Co
Morgan Co
Morrow Co
Muskingum Co
Preble Co
Shelby Co
Shelby Co
Stark Co
Summit Co
Warren Co
Ada
Cleveland
Cushing
Perkins
Etna
Exton
Johnsonburg
Lewisburg
Mountain Top
Myerstown
St Marys
Troutville
Tyrone
York
Ripley
Anahuac
Baytown
Freeport
Freeport
Gilcrist
Glen Rose
Guy
Lampasas
Mont Belvieu
Nassau Bay
Pleasanton
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
Sugarland
Waco
Wiclnta Falls
Provo
Bellevue
Bremerton
Buckley
Coupeville
Eatonville
Humptulips
Kent
Puyallup
Redmond
Benton
Ryderwood
Shelton
Shelton
Shelton
Spokane
Yakima
Yakima
Charleston
Stanley
Date
7 30 71
7 31 71
4 13 71
4 26 71
7 18 71
9 16 71
5 04 71
9 30 71
10 06 71
9 10 71
9 22 71
5 24 71
12 28 71
10 27 71
10 01 71
8 20 71
4 06 71
9 06 71
9 21 71
9 04 71
7 23 71
6 22 71
4 07 71
8 03 71
6 03 71
3 15 71
6 05 71
10 06 71
5 22 71
8 31 71
7 02 71
6 29 71
9 03 71
3 23 71
7 19 71
6 16 71
6 06 71
6 28 71
4 26 71
3 24 71
1 09 71
6 14 71
7 10 71
8 08 71
6 04 71
7 23 71
9 20 71
9 13 71
5 14 71
5 07 71
5 04 71
5 14 71
5 21 71
4 21 71
7 28 71
10 28 71
9 02 71
6 20 71
10 13 71
7 23 71
7 14 71
9 08 71
3 29 71
2 04 71
2 02 71
4 27 71
10 05 71
7 29 71
10 12 71
10 22 71
8 09 71
3 24 71
9 05 71
6 18 71
nlft
Percent
game
34
14
6
47
30
4
20
100
50
100
99
100
16
1
5
30
2
50
20
5
2
5
50
95
100
100
5
90
50
100
3
50
90
25
100
90
90
90
32
3
5
90
10
lOf
Illed
Percent
non-
game
66
86
84
53
100
70
96
80
88
50
1
84
99
95
70
98
100
50
80
95
98
100
100
100
100
100
95
50
5
95
10
50
97
50
10
75
10
10
10
68
97
95
10
90
•
_ £
'3 i 5
Percent 1
with com
mercial %
15
99
60
2
100
50
3
Estimated
fish killed
5,000
3,218
60
1.419
275
816
98'
30
Ill
100
21,870
1,000
31
85,809
'275
46
21
710
2.092
37,960
67.940
17.065
750
2.950
50
20.634
15
200
1,000
150
1.000
15
1,974
1 993,200
200
25
1.000.000
1.200
500
400
3.500
1.000
100
300
400
150
5.000
300
110
50
3^000
5 716
'100
100
100
100
300
20
914
1,434
1.000
] 500
Severity '
see
code
page 35
1
2
3
3
2
4
2
3
4
2
4
1
4
2
2
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
4
2
3
4
4
2
2
2
4
2
2
3
3
1
'Esti-
mated
miles or
acres
affected
3M
3200A
20M
53 M
1M
2M
1M
2M
1A
5M
1M
2M
1M
1A
5M
2M
1M
3M
1M
1M
1M
5M
1M
1M
1M
1A
1M
1M
1M
1M
15A
1M
1A
1M
1M
4M
9M
1M
1M
1M
2M
2M
1M
3M
1M
•s
S
a
Q
II
14 ::
2
90 '.'.
1 .
2 ..
.. 4
2 ..
1 ..
2 ..
2
2
12
1 ..
'2 '.'.
I ..
1
1
i
i
i
i
i
4
2
5
2 ..
1 '.'.
4 .
1 '.'.
I
1
99
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 ..
CO
Wl
CODES
1 SEVERITY:
1 Complete
2 Heavy
3 Moderate
4 Light
2 ESTIMATED MILES OR ACRES AFFECTED
A Aires
M Miles
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Environmental Services
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and Game
Fisheries Division
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Resources Commission
Dover, Delaware
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Atlanta, Georgia
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Honolulu, Hawaii
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Springfield, Illinois
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Indianapolis, Indiana
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Fisheries Division
Pratt. Kansas
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Wildlife Resources
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Frankfort, Kentucky
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Commission
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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and Game
Fishery Research and Management
Augusta, Maine
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Water Resources
Annapolis, Maryland
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Natural Resources
Division of Marine Rsheries
Boston, Massachusetts
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Water Resources Commission
Lansing, Michigan
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of Conservation
Division of Game and Fish
St. Paul, Minnesota
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of Conservation
Division of Rsheries
Jefferson City, Missouri
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of Conservation
Columbia, Missouri
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and Game Commission
Helena, Montana
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and Fisheries
Lincoln, Nebraska
Nevada Fish and
Game Commission
Reno, Nevada
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Pollution Control Commission
Concord, New Hampshire
State of New Jersey
Bureau of Fisheries Laboratory
Lebanon, New Jersey
Department of Environmental
Conservation
Albany, New York
New Mexico Department of
Game and Fish
Sante Fe, New Mexico
North Carolina Department of
Water and Air Resources
Industrial Waste Section
Raleigh, North Carolina
Ohio Department of
Natural Resources
Division of Wildlife
Columbus, Ohio
Oklahoma Department of
Wildlife Conservation
Fisheries Division
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oregon State Game Commission
Lake and Stream Management
Portland, Oregon
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island Department of
Natural Resources
Providence, Rhode Island
South Carolina Wildlife Resources
Division of Fish and Game
Columbia. South Carolina
South Dakota Department of
Game Fish and Parks
Pierre, South Dakota
Tennessee Game and
Fish Commission
Rsh Management Division
Nashville, Tennessee
Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department
Austin, Texas
Utah Department of
Natural Resources
Division of Fish and Game
Salt Lake City. Utah
Vermont Fish and
Game Department
Rsh and Game Commissioner
Montpelier, Vermont
Virginia State Water Control Board
Richmond, Virginia
Washington State Water Pollution
Control Commission
Olympia, Washington
West Virginia Department of
Natural Resources
Division of Rsh and Game
Charleston. West Virginia
Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources
Madison, Wisconsin
Wyoming Game and
Fish Commission
Cheyenne, Wyoming
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