United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Water Planning
and Standards
Washington, D.C. 20460
EPA-440/4-80-004
Fish Kills Caused by Pollution in 1977
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
STORE! Computerized Data Base System
Fish KillsA 15-Year Display
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Fish Kills Caused by Pollution in 1977
Eighteenth Report
U.S. Office of Edward Biernacki
Environmental Water Planning Project Manager
Protection and Standards
Agency Robert H. Arvin
Monitoring and Editor
Data Support
Division Nina S. Harllee
Statistical Assistant
Monitoring Branch
Dora Craig
Washington D.C Programmer
20460
Thomas Pandolfi
Programmer
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Contents
Introduction 1
Statistical Highlights 2
Priority Pollutants
Fish Kills Caused by Priority
Pollutants, 1970-1977 3
Fish Kills by Priority Pollutants 3
Basic Statistics
Fish Kills by Source of Pollution 5
Major Fish Kills 5
Fish Kills, by Month 5
Fish Kills by Duration
and Severity 5
Summary of Reported Fish
Kills, by State 12
Tables
1 Fish Kill Incidents/Fish
Killed by Priority
Pollutants, 1970-1977 3
2 Fish Kill Summary, by
Priority Pollutants, 1977 4
3 Historical Summary of
Pollution-Caused Fish Kills,
June 1960-December 1977 6
4 Pollution-Caused Fish Kill
Summary, by State, 1977 9
5 Fish Kill Summary by Source
of Pollution, 1977 10
6 Major Fish Kills
(100,000 or Over) 10
7 Fish Kill Summary.
byMonth,1977 11
8 Fish Kill Summary by
Duration and Severity of
Kill, 1977 11
Figures
1 Fish Kill Incidents Caused by
Priority Pollutants, Reported
as a Percentage, by Opera-
tions, 1970-1977 4
2 Cumulative Reported Fish
Killed,1961-1977 7
3 Percentage of Fish Kills
- Reporfed, by Operation, in the
Unite d States, 1977 8
Figure 4 through Figure 44,
by St te. Reported FishKills,
by Size an J Percentage of
Causes, )197;7 . 13 )
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Appendices I - -. c. -
Introduction 54
A Report of Pollution-Caused
Fish Kill, Sample Form 55
B State Agencies 56
C Glossary 58
D Report of Fish Kills,
1977Cause Identified 60
E Report of Fish Kills,
1977Cause not Specifically
Identified 69
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Introduction
This eighteenth annual fish kill report
is based on voluntary reporting by
State and local agencies. The report in.
cludes an analysis of d ta which
describes the number of incidents, the
total number of fish killed, the average
size of a kill, and details of the largest
fish kills reported. The report also In-
cludes the number of reported mci.
dents by each pollution source
category and by the individual sources
of pollution under these major
categories.
Since fish kill reporting is done on a
voluntary basis, it should be stressed
that the pollution-caused fish kills
reported in this publication probably
represent only a fraction of the kills
which actually occurred during 1977.
Numerous small kills go unnoticed or
unreported, and some significantly
large kills are not included due to the
lack of sufficient information to deter-
mine If the kills were caused by
pollutants or were due to natural
causes. It is often quite difficult to
determine the actual cause of a kill,
even when the most careful investi.
gative and analytical procedures are
used.
The Public Health Service began re-
porting pollution.caused fish kills on
June 1, 1960, under the authority of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
PL 84-660, Section 4(C). In 1960, the
Surgeon General of .he Public Health
Service requested that all State fish
and game conservation agencies report
instances of fish kills attributable to
pollutants. Working closely with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
various independent conservation
organizations, the Public Health Serv-
ice designed a self-addressed postcard
reporting form which is still used (Ap-
pendix A). This form is furnished to the
State agencies to be completed when
fish kills occur. Summary totals,
statistical evaluations, and conclu.
sions are based upon the information
contained in these reporting forms.
In 1972, the responsibility for fish kill
reporting was transferred to the United
States Environmental Protection Agen-
cy (EPA) in an attempt to secure addi-
tional information on the effects of
pollutants discharged to surface
waters. The principal objective was to
determine, if possible, the causes of
fish kills, and to place responsibility
when kills were caused by man-made
pollution.
The annual EPA fish kill reports repre-
sent the combined voluntary efforts of
private individuals, State fish and
game, health, and conservation of-
ficers, and water pollution control of-
ficials 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 proc-
ess by contacting a warden or other
State official. The State agency then
sends trained specialists to investigate
and identify the species involved and
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 EPA.
The reporting system depends, to a
large extent, upon individuals in the
field making State officials aware of
fish kills. it is quite likely that the large
increases in reports for the early 1970s
over earlier years are at least partially
a result of increased public awareness
of pollution. In an effort to further in-
crease this awareness and to en-
courage individuals to report kills to
State officials, we are including Appen-
dixes A, B, and C to this report:
Appendix AA reproduction of the
report form to show the information
desired.
Appendix BA list of State agencies
who should be notified of kills; and,
Appendix CA definition of the
types of operations identified as
pollutant sources.
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Statistical Highlights
The following are summary statistics
of fish kills reported in 1977.
All States Reported in 1977
For the sixth time since the inception
of the annual pollution-caused fish kill
reporting system in 1960, every State in
the Union participated. Nine States
reported no fish kills.
The Number of Fish Kill Incidents
Reported for 1977 Was the Lowest
Since 1969; However, the Total Number
of Fish Reported Killed Increased by
Almost 3 Million Over the 1976 Total
Since 1971, when 860 fish kill reports
were submitted, there has been a con-
tinuous decrease in the number of fish
kills reported annually except in the
year 1976.
Over 500 Million Fish Reported Killed
Since 1960
The 16.5 million fish reported killed in
1977 brought the cumulative total of all
fish reported killed by water pollution
sInce 1960 to more than 500 million.
Municipal Operations Led all Other
Operations in the Number of Fish Kill
Incidents
In 1977, the 107 fish kills reported
under municipa operations led all
other identified pollution sources in the
number of reported fish kill incidents
Municipal Operations Killed More
Fish Than Any Other Pollution Source
in 1977
The 1.2 million fish killed by pollution
from municipal operations represent
almost 8 percent of the 16.5 million
fish reported killed in 1977.
During 1977, EPA Priority Toxic
Pollutants Killed over 300,000 Fish in
Twelve Incidents
Endrin and toxaphene caused nine kIlls
from agricultural operations in two
southern States, Alabama and Georgia.
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ERRATA SHEET
Publication: Fish Kills Caused by Pollution in 1977
(EPA440/480004)
Table 1, Page 3: Please read corrected Table 1 included in this
errata sheet, not Table 1 in publication.
Table 3, : Please read corrected Table 3 included in this errata
Pages 6 and 7 sheet, not Table 3 in publication.
Table 4, : State of Iowa. Under subhead Number of Acres , change
Page 9 1 to read
Page 60 : Jones Bluff Res. third line down under Alabama
listing: Under subhead Percent Game change 84 to
read 16; same line under subhead Percent NonGame
change to read 84; same line under subhead
Severity change to read 3.
Page 67 : Crooks Br. seventh line down under Virginia listinp,:
Under subhead Cause change to read 46; Kingsland
Cr. 16th line down under Virginia listing, under
subhead Percent NonGame change to read 50.
Page 68 : L. Ftc. Stiliwater third line down under West
Virginia listing: Under subhead Percent Kill With
Commercial Value change 396 to read .
Page 69 : Carquine Strait first line under California listing:
Under subhead Estimated Fish Killed change 2 to
read 7,000; same line under subhead Estimated Miles
or Acres Affected change to read SM.
Page 71 : Lt. Mahantango Cr. fourth line under Pennsylvania
listing: Under subhead Percent Game change 90 to
read 20; same line under subhead Percent NonGame
change 20 to read 80; same line under subhead
Percent Kill With Commercial Value change 80
to read .
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Table 1 identifies the priority pollutants and
operations involved in fish kill incidents dur-
ing the 1970-1971 period.
Table 1
Fish Kill Incidents/Fish Killed by Priority
Pollutants (000)*,
1970-1977
Priority pollutants
Agricultural
Operations
Industrial
Operations
Municipal
Operations
Transportation
Operations
Other Unknown Total
Operations
2,4-0 6l6 ill -. 1/6 1/4 .- 9/17
2, 4, 5-T 3/5 - . /1 1/6 -. 211 7113
Aldrin 6118 -- -- - 113 - 7/21
Acrolein 4123 - 4/23
Arsenic - - 1119 -- 1/19
Benzene - - 1 /1 1/1
Cadmium .- ill -. - - - -- 1/1
Chlordane 7/19 4/1 111 ill 51405 - - 18/427
Chromium 9/11 -. .- 111 1/1 11/13
Copper 10118 28/225 14123 9120 4/4 65/290
Cyanide 1/7 40/1732 51135 .- 1111 8/41 55/1926
DOT 7/453 -- - - - .- 7/453
Dieldrin 9/27 1/2 -- 1/1 2/2 13132
Endrin 60/1242 -- 1/2 1/103 - 62/1347
Heptachlor ill .. 1/1 1/1 -- 3/3
Lead ill .. 1/1 -- 2/2
Methylenechloride -. .- 1/3 - - 1/3
Nickel -- 216 .. - - .- 2/6
Nitrophenol 1/1 1/1 .. 1/1 -- 3/3
Ortliodichlorobeflzefle .- - . .- 1/42 .- 1/42
Pentachlorophenol -- 13/215 ill 1/1 3/5 - - 18/222
Phenol .- 211223 -. 3/55 2/12 6/2 32/292
Silvex 1/1 - -. -. 2 /5 - - 3/6
Toluene -- 3/9 1/75 1/1 - - 5185
Toxaphene 74/968 - - -. 1/1 1/5 - - 76/974
Zinc -- 21/56 - - - - ill 1/1 23/58
Total incidents/Fish
Killed 190/2789 148/2504 22/161 121151 34/622 24I52 1430/6279
lndicates the number of Iith killed reported in (000), rounded ott to the next highest (000)
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Priority Pollutants
Fish Kills Caused by Priority Fish Kills by Priority
Pollutants, 1970.1977* Pollutants, 1977
During the eight-year period
(1970-1977), twenty-six priority
pollutants, i.e., toxic pollutants which
are the major focus of current control
efforts, caused 430 fish kill incidents
and killed more than six million fish
(Table 1). Agricultural operations (44
percent) and industrial operations (34
percent) together accounted for 78 per-
cent of all the reported priority-
pollutant caused fish kills (Figure 1).
The pesticide toxaphene, with 76 in-
cidents, was the leading cause of fish
kills by priority pollutants. Copper was
the second leading cause of fish kills
with 65 incidents, the pesticide endrin
ranked third with 62 fish kills, and
cyanide ranked fourth with 55 kills.
During 1977, the priority pollutants
cyanide, endrin and toxaphene killed
more than 300,000 fish in twelve
reported incidents (Table 2). Applica-
tion of two pesticides (endrin and tox-
aphene) by the agricultural industry in
the States of Alabama and Georgia ac-
counted for nine fish kill incidents and
approximately 260,000 dead fish. Three
fish kills involving more than 60,000
fish were caused by cyanide during in-
dustrial operations in Indiana and
Maryland.
Priority pollutants comprise a list of 85
chemical compounds and classes of com-
pounds as identified by Congress in Section
307(a)(1) of the 1977 Clean Water Act.
dicates the number of fish killed reported in (000), rounded of f to the next highest (000)
Table I
Table 1 identities the priority pollutants and
operations involved In fish kill Incidents dur-
ing the 1970-1977 period.
ish
Kill Incidents/Fish Killed by Priority Pollutants (000)*,
1970-1977
Priority
pollutants Agricuiturai
Operations
Industrial
Operations
Municipal
Operations
Transportation -
Operations
Other Unknown Total
Operations
2, 4-D
2 4, 5-1
6/6*
3/5
1/1
--
--
1/1
1/6
1/6
1/4
--
--
211
9/17
7/13
Idrin
6/8
.-
--
--
1/3
--
7121
croleun
4/23
4123
Jsenlc
--
1119
1/19
Benzene
--
1/1
1/1
admium
.-
i/l
--
--
.-
--
1 /1
:hlordane
7/19
4/1
1 /1
1/1
5/405
--
18/427
hromuum
--
9/li
--
--
1/1
1/1
11/13
Copper
10/18
28/225
14/23
--
9/20
4/4
65/290
Cyanide
DT
1/7-
7/453
40/1732
--
5/135
--
--
--
1/11
--
8/41
--
55/1926
7/453
jeldrin
9/27
1/2
--
--
I/l
2/2
13/32
60/1242
--
--
1/2
11103
--
62/1347
Heptachlor
i/l
--
--
1/1
1/1
--
3/3
sad
--
i/l
--
--
1/1
--
2/2
ethylenechlorlde
--
--
--
1/3
--
.-
1/3
ickei
--
2/6
--
.
.
2/6
Nltrophenol
1/1
1/1
-.
--
i/l
..
3/3
Orthodichioroberizene
--
--
-.
--
1/142
.-
1/42
entachlorophenol
--
131215
1/1
1/1
3/5
--
18/222
henol
--
211223
--
3155
2/12
6/2
32/292
1/1
.-
--
--
215
--
3/6
Toluene
-
3/9
--
1/75
1/1
--
5/85
oxaphene
741968
--
--
1 /1
1/5
--
76/974
Inc
--
21/56
--
--
1 11
1/1
23158
Mel lncldentslFlsh
i iIled
190 12739
14812504
22/161
121151
34/622
24152
430I62799
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Figure 1
Fish Kill Incidents Caused by
Priority Pollutants, Reported as a
Percentage, by Operations,
1970-1977
Figure 1 is a chart that indicates the
percentage of fish kill incidents, by opera-
tion, caused by priority pollutants during
the 1970-1977 period.
Table 2 displays the details of fish kill in-
Table 2 c/dents due to priority pollutants in 1977
Fish Kill Summary, by Priority Pollutants, 1977
Specific
agent
Operation
Lake or steam
Town
(in or near)
State
Number of
fished killed
(approx.)
Duration
(days)
Date
Endrin
AGlPoison
Alabama River, Jones Bluff Reservoir
Autaugavulle
AL
3,000
-
7-30
Endrln
AG/Poison
Alabama River, Swift Creek, Jones Bluff Reservoir*
Autaugaville
AL
5,000
2
8-3
Endrin
AG/Poison
Alabama River Jones Bluff Reservoir*
Montgomery
AL
10,000
2
7.23
Endrin
AG/Poison
Alabama River, House Creek, Jones Bluff Reservoir
Lowridesboro
AL
3,000
2
3-8
Cyanide
IND/Metals
West Branch Marsh River
Hagerstown
MD
8,000
1
7-21
Cyanide
IND/Metals
White Lick Creek
Mooresville
IN
500
-
6-19
Cyanide
lNDlMetals
Sugar Creek
Crawfordsvllle
IN
55,000
1
8-30
Toxaphene
Toxaphene
AG/Poison
AG/Poison
Brindle Farmer Pond
El Studdard Pond
Good Hope
Good Hope
GA
GA
14,000
10,000
1
3
9-14
9-22
Toxaphene
AG/Poison
Apalachee River
High Shoals
GA
25,000
3
9-1
Toxaphene
AG/Poison
Lake Brantley
Rutledge
GA
189,000
4
8-27
Toxaphene
AG/Poison
Hard Labor Creek
Social Circle
GA
1,000
4
8-27
Jones Bluff Reservoir is classified as a recreational segment for fishing and swimming only. It is not a drinking water supply.
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Municipal
Operations
5%
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Basic Statistics
i 1977, 503 fish kill reports were
ceived (Table 3). Of this total, 449
reports (89 percent of the total) stated
ie number of fish killed, and a total of
6.5 million fish were reported killed in
ese 449 separate incidents. In the re-
maining 54 reports, fish losses were
lther not stated or were not expressed
i numerical terms.
The 16.5 million fish reported killed in
1977 brought the total estimated
amber of fish killed (Figure 2) to ap-
roximately 500 million in 8,251
separate incidents since 1961, the first
ill year of reporting. These 8,251
eparate incidents plus 1,727 reported
cidents which did not state the
number of fish killed brought the total
rqported Incidents for the 1961-1 977
eriod to 9,978.
i-rom 1961 through 1977, the estimated
number of fish killed annually ranged
om a low of 6.9 mIllion in 1963 to a
cord high of 119 millIon in 1974. In
u 74, the 47 mIllion fish reported killed
in the Back River near Essex, Maryland
y a discharge from a sewerage
stem) was the record high for a
single incident.
I 1977, as in all previous years, most
the fish kill Incidents were judged as
rnaIl kills because they killed fewer
than 10,000 fish apiece. However, most
sh were killed in just a few incidents.
r instance, 76 percent of all the fish
R.lled in 1977 were killed by two of the
503 reported Incidents (Table 3).
1977, sources of pollution were Iden-
.ied in 383 of the 503 reports. These
kills are listed individually in Appendix
The 120 kills for which the pollution
urce could not be positively iden-
.ied are listed in Appendix E.
total of 41 States reported at least
e fish kill incident (Table 4). The re-
-- alning nine States (Alaska, Arizona,
Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Mississi-
l, Montana, Nevada, and New Jersey)
ated they had no recorded incidents
pollution-caused fish kills occurring
in 1977. The State of Ohio continued to
ibmit the largest number of reports
3), and accounted for 15 percent of
s total reported Incidents in 1977.
Fish Kills by Source
of Pollution
Figure 3 and Table 5 summarize the
number of incidents and the number of
fish killed by the type of operation
which was responsible for the fish kill.
Municipal operations ranked first in the
number of reported fish kills with 107
(21 percent) of the total. This category
includes sewerage systems, power
plants, refuse disposal, water supply
systems, and swimming pools. Agri-
cultural operations and Industrial
operations ranked second (19 percent
each) in the number of reported fish
kills. Agricultural operations includes
pesticide and fertilizer application arid
manure-silage drainage, while in-
dustrial operations includes chemicals,
petroleum, mining, food products,
paper products, and metals. Transpor-
tation operations accounted for 7 per-
cent of the kills.
Major Fish Kills
In 1977, ten kills were reported in
which the number of dead fish equaled
or exceeded 100,000 each. These in-
cidents accounted for 87 percent of the
16.5 millIon fish reported killed by
pollution (Table 6). Two of the kills In-
volved more than a million fish each.
The largest single kill occurred in the
Indian River near Milisboro, Delaware
and accounted for 8.5 million dead
fish. Although the cause of the kill was
unknown, it accounted for 52 percent
of the fish reported killed in 1977.
FIsh Kills, by Month
In 1977, as in the past, the greatest
number of fish kIlled, 15 million (91 per-
cent) were recorded during the summer
months (Table 7) from May through
September. The greatest number of
fish kill incidents 325 (64 percent) were
also submitted during the summer
months.
June recorded the greatest number of
fish killed, over 8 million (53 percent),
while August ranked second with ap-
proximately 5 million fish killed.
The largest number of incidents were
In the month of July, when 84 fIsh kills
or 16 percent of the total reported in-
cidents occurred. August ranked sec-
ond with 73 reports.
Fish Kills, by Duration
and Severity
Not all reports indicate the duration of
the reported kills. In 1977, 50 percent
(253 reports) indicated the duration of
the kill, with the average being 2.5 days
(Table 8), a decrease in 1 day per
average duration from 1976. In 1977,
the longest pollution incIdent (30 days)
occurred in California as a result of
agricultural discharge from the p9ultry
Industry (Appendix D).
The severity of a fish kill Is reported as
complete, heavy, moderate, or
light (Table 8). A total of 57 com-
plete kills were reported, averaging
11,109 fish killed per report. Heavy
kills averaging 8,404 fish were reported
on 104 occasIons. Moderate kills
were reported on 89 occasIons, averag-
ing 2,704 fIsh per kill. Light kills were
reported on 83 occasIons averaging
759 fish per kIll. The severity was not
reported on 134 occasIons averaging
6,588 fish killed.
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Table 3 contains historical data for the
eighteen years that fish kill reports have
been received. The table summarizes the
following- The number of States reporting;
the number of reported pollution-caused
fish kill incidents; the number of reports
which specify how many fish died; the
reported number of fish killed; the largest
single fish kill for each year; the number of
reports for each pollution source operation,
and a breakdown of fish killed by size of
kill. The number of incidents and the
numbers of fish killed are probably
understated because of incomplete report-
ing and the difficulties of estimating
numbers of dead fish.
Table 3
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Historical Summary
a
of Pollution-Caused F
ish Kills, June 1960-
December
1977
19602
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
Number of States
responding
38
45
37
38
40
44
46
40
42
Number of reports
289
413
421
442
590
625
532
454
452
Reports which state
number of fish killed
151
265
246
04
470
520
453
364
469
Total reported number of
fish killed
6,035,000
14910000
44,001,000
6,937,000
22,914,000
12,140,000
9,614,000
11,291,000
15,815,000
Average size of kill
2.925
6,535
5,710
7,775
5,490
4,310
5,620
6,460
6,015
Largest kill reported
5,000,000
5,387,000
3,180,000
2,000,000
7,887,000
3,000,000
1,000,000
6,549,000
4,029,000
Number of reported
incidents for
each pollution
source operation
Agncuiturai
79
74
51
84
131
114
88
87
77
IndustrIal
103
169
209
199
193
244
195
139
177
MunicIpal 3
24
52
33
60
120
125
87
91
122
Transportation
0
0
1
17
26
27
27
35
23
Other
33
58
47
27
17
23
38
35
23
Unknown
50
60
80
55
103
92
97
79
104
Total reports
269-
413
421
442
590
625
532
454
452
Number of reports and
No Nolish
No Nofish
No Nofish
No Noiish
No Nofish
No Nofish
No Nofish
No Notish
No Notish
fish killed by
reports (miiiions)
reports (miliuons)
reports (milhons)
reports imliiions)
reports (miiIluns)
reports (mihons)
reports (miilions)
reports (milirons)
reports imliilons)
size grouping
1,000,000ormore
1 002
4 126
2 410
1 20
5 169
3 54
2 20
1 65
3 61
100,000 to 1,000,000
3 053
5 085
9 169
12 268
15 382
17 462
23 548
7 266
30 744
10,000 to 100,000
15 031
45 1 05
38 1 01
54 1 82
59 1 65
63 1 42
58 1 53
49 158
64 1 79
1,000 to 10,000
64 018
107 034
108 003
103 003
224 007
235 007
185 055
143 046
153 048
Oto 1,000
68 002
104 003
108 003
103 003
224 007
235 007
185 0.05
164 005
219 006
No size reported for
incident
138
148
175
138
120
105
79
90
73
Average duration of kill
in days
2.95
264
2.59
3 18
244
2 57
271
3 34
2 99
Derived after excluding reports of 100,000 kills or more as being unrepresentative
2 Reporting system in effect for last six months of 1960
Municipal operations include electric power-generating stations -
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Table 3-Continued
FIgure 2
Cumulative Reported Fish Killed,
1961 -1977
Number
of States In Millions
Reporting Year 0
50 1977
50 1976
50 1975
50 1974
50 1973
50 1972
46 1971
45 1970
45 1969
42 1968
40 1967
46 1966
44 1965
40 1964
38 1963
37 1962
45 1961
Historical Summary of Pollution-Caused Fish Kills, June 1960-December 1977
1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
1974 1975 1976 1977
Number 01 States
responding
45 45 46 50 50
50 50 50 50
Number of reports
594 635 860 760 749
721 624 667 503
Reports which state
number of fish killed
492 563 759 697 703
648 543 601 449
Total reported number of
fish killed
41,166,000 22,290,000 73.670,000 17,717,000 37,814,000
19052,000 16,052,000 13,611,049 16.538,936
Average size of kill
5,860 6.412 6154 4,639 5527
6,532 3,879 4,509 5310
Largest kill reported
25,527,000 3,240,000 5,500,000 2,922,000 10,000,000
47,112,000 10,000000 4,800,000 8,591,912
Number of reported
incidents for
each pollutIon
Source operation
Agricultural
117 108 132 113 161
145 118 151
Industrial
199 213 231 189 196
93
168 122 112
Municipal 3
84 120 162 167 146
95
169 90 133
Transportation
32 28 52 56 65
40 47 50
Other
33 28 64 72 56
74 78
Unknown
129 138 219 163 125
51
125 169
Total reports
594 635 860 760 749
120
121 624 667 503
Number of reports and
No No fish No No fish No No fish No No fish No No 1150
No
fish killed by
reports (miiiions) reports (miliions) reports (millions) reports (mililons) reports (miihonsl
fish .No No fish No No fish No No fish
reports (millions) reports (millions) reports (miliions) reports (miliions)
size grouping
1,000,000 or more
4 35.1 5 11 4 28 630 6 897 6 29 53
6 1076 3 120 3
100,000 to 1.000,000
9 3 15 26 7 44 26 6 37 27 543 19 4 65
2 12.6
20 7 1 9 1 87 10 2
10,000 to 100,000
81 206 91 273 124 333 81 . 260 88 274
1 6
110 36 65 1 62 81
1,000 to 10,000
165 052 198 062 266 0.86 216 0.62 251 081
50 1 5
187 06 173 057
010 1,000
233 0.06 243 007 315 010 367 009 325 01
183 057 132 5
293 07 323 009 229
No size reported for
incident
102 72 101 63 46
73 81 67 29
Average duration of kill
indays
311 325 335 340 272
358 218 318 253
Derived after excluding reports of 100,000 kills or more as being unrepresentative
2 Reportjng system in effect for last six months of 1960.
3 Municipal operations include electric power-generating stations.
Figure 2 shows that over 499 millIon fish
were reported killed by pollution over the
1961-1977 period. The first reporting year,
1960, was excluded since the reports includ
ed only the last six months of the year.
.100
200 300 .400 500
7
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Figure 3
Percentage of Fish Kills Reported,
by Operation, in the United States,
1977
Figure 3 is a national chart which indicates
by percentages the total fish kills (in-
cidents) as reported by the type of opera-
tion which was responsible for the fish kill.
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Table 4 summarizes data from the 41 States
which reported one or more pollution-
caused fish kill incidents Table 4 also
shows the number of reports for incidents
that occurred in rivers, lakes, and coastal
Table 4 waters
Pollution-Caused Fish Kill Summary by State, 1977
State Reports s
Total
reports
pecifying numb
er of fish killed
Number
of reports
nd water
Number
of
reports
Number
of fish
River
su
Lake
affected
Number
of
reports
Number
of
miles
Number
of
reports
Number
of
acres
Coastal waters
Number Number
of of
report miles
Alabama 14 14 55,506 6 31 6 106 2 1
California 58 56 4,176,163 39 55 15 1,020 4 8
Connecticut 6 4 11,140 3 6 3 16 - -
Delaware 4 3 8,592,071 2 6 1 10 1 227
Florida 22 18 161,169 15 121 1 2 6 81
Georgia 41 41 394,804 31 130 10 77 - --
Hawaii 4 2 3,600 2 2 -- -- 2 13
Idaho 1 1 300 1 1 -- -- -- --
Illinois 9 9 128,732 9 37 - -
Indiana 18 18 80,612 17 55 1 3 -- --
Iowa 5 3 9,300 4 13 1 1 --
Kansas 10 10 139,555 9 76 1 1 -- --
Kentucky 7 5 10,757 7 13 - - -
Louisiana 6 3 1,730 6 20 -- -- -- -
Maryland 7 7 86,475 5 20 2 2 - -
Massachusetts i 1 100 1 -- -- -- -- --
Michigan 1 1 50 -- 1 1 --
Minnesota 6 5 53,408 5 16 1 150 -
Missouri 13 11 140,979 11 42 2 11 --
Nebraska 12 9 156,432 4 55 8 3,165 -- --
New Hampshire 2 2 4,700 2 4 -- -- -- --
New Mexico i 1 2,220 1 3 -- --
New York 14 13 21,400 14 14 -- -- -- --
North Carolina 3 3 1,980 -- - 3 155 -- --
North Dakota i 1 12,500 1 15 -- - -- --
Ohio 78 77 1,102,762 76 128 2 -- -- --
Oklahoma 28 14 33,020 18 39 10 35 -- --
Oregon 10 9 241,957 10 30 -- -- - - --
Pennsylvania 29 28 386,229 28 59 1 5 -- --
Rhode island 2 2 6,500 2 4 -- -- -- --
South Carolina 3 2 17,921 2 15 1 3 -- -
South Dakota 1 1 4,000 1 1 -- -- -- --
Tennessee 15 14 156,442 14 17 1 50 -- --
Texas 24 24 24,284 16 -- 8 - --
Utah 1 1 1,389 1 2 -- -- -- --
Vermont 1 1 9,500 1 2 -- --
Virginia 23 17 237,094 21 53 2 2 - --
Washington 8 6 15,324 7 9 1 5 - --
West Virginia 11 10 56,513 11 14 -- -- - --
Wisconsin 1 1 200 -- 1 7 - --
Wyoming 2 1 118 1 3 1 -- -- --
Total
503
449
16,538,936
404 1,111 84 4,826 15 330
Includes embaym
ents such as Chesape
ake, San Franci
sco, and Gaivesto
9
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Table 5
Table 5 summarizes all reported fish kills
and the number of fish killed in 1977 by ma-
jor and individual pollution sources. Kills at-
tributed to natural causes are not included.
Table 6 lists the ma,or fish kill incidents oc-
curring in 1977 in which 100,000 or more
fish were killed in each incident. Some large
kills may have gone unreported because
they were not investigated immediately or
did not state the number of fish killed
Major Fish Kills (100,000 or Over)
Fish Kill Summary by Source of Pollution, 1977
Lake or Stream
Near in
State
Year
Number
of fish
Operation
Salton Sea
lndio
California
1977
4,000,000
Unknown
Indian River and Bay
Mulisboro
Delaware
1977
8,591,912
Unknown
Lake Brantley
Rutledge
Georgia
1977
189,000
Poisons
Republican River
Concordia
Kansas
1977
100,000
Unknown
Rock Creek
Ceresco
Nebraska
1977
125,894
Truck Transportation
Massie Creek
Greene Co
Oho
1977
141,497
Truck Transportation
Lake Erie
Lake Co
Ohio
1977
616,559
Power
Greater Miami River
Shelby Co
Ohio
1977
128,171
Sewerage System
Oregon creek-Rogue
Grants Pass
Oregon
1977
238,600
Poisons
Monongahela River
Braddock
Pennsylvania
1977
200,752
Chemicals
Source of pollution
Reports
specifying number
of fish killed
Total
Number
Number
reports
of
of fish
reports
killed
Agricultural
Pesticides
47
42
561,239
Fertilizers
14
14
68,547
Manure-Silage Drainage
32
30
76,068
Subtotal
93
86
705,854
Industrial
Mining
12
10
128,376
Food Products
10
8
40,802
Paper Products
7
7
38,634
Chemicals
23
20
309,529
Petroleum
21
16
26,971
Metals
3
3
82,669
Combinations
Other
19
17
69,001
Subtotal
95
81
695,982
Municipal
Sewerage Systems
92
81
523,658
Ref use Disposal
2
2
4,426
Water Systems
7
7
28,631
Swimming Pool
Power
6
6
719,631
Subtotal
107
96
1,276,346
Transportation
Rail
3
2
3,875
Truck
19
18
487,134
Barge or Boat
1
1
700
Pipeline
14
12
143,808
Subtotal
37
33
635,517
Other Operations
51
44
214,905
Unknown
120
109
13,010,332
Total
503
449
16,538,936
Table 6
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Table 3 contains historical data for the
eighteen years that fish kill reports have
been received The fable summarizes the
following The number of States reporting,
the number of reported pollution-caused
fish kill incidents, the-number of reports
which specify how many fish died, the
reported number of fish killed, the largest
single fish kill for each year, the number of
reports for each pollution source operation,
and a breakdown of fish killed by size of
kill The number of incidents and the
numbers of fish killed are probably
understated because a/incomplete report-
ing and the difficulties of estimating
numbers of dead fish
Table 3
Historical Summary of Pollution-Caused Fish Kills, June 1960-December 1977
19602 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1966
Number of States
responding
38 45 37 38 40 44 46 40 42
Number of reports
289 413 421 442 590 625 532 454 542
Reports which state
number of fish kiiied
151 265 246 304 470 520 453 364 469
Total reported number of
fish killed
6.035.000 14,910000 44001000 6,937,000 22914.000 12,140000 9,614 000 11.291 000 15815000
Average size 01 kill 1
2,925 6,535 5,710 7,775 5.490 4310 5.620 6 460 6.015
Largest kill reported
5,000,000 5,387,000 3,180.000 2,000,000 7,887,000 3000000 1 000,000 6,549,000 4 029 000
Number of reported
incidents for
each pollution
source operation
Agricultural
79 74 51 84 131 114 88 87 77
industrial
103 169 209 199 193 244 195 139 177
Municipal 3
24 52 33 60 120 125 87 91 122
Transportation
0 0 1 17 26 27 27 23 39
Other
33 58 47 27 17 23 38 35 23
Unknown
50 60 80 55 103 92 97 79 104
Total reports
289 413 421 442 590 625 532 454 452
Numoer of reports and
No Notish No Notish No - NotisN No Nofish No Nofish No No ion No No iisfl No NotioN No NO 11011
fish killed by
reponis imlulonsi reports (mdh005i reports imsiloosi reports (tliilhoos) reports imihonsi reponto inilhonsi reports m,iiionsi reports Irnililonsi eoorts irnIii005i
size grouping
-
1,000,000ormore
150 4126 2410 120 5169 354 220 165 361
100 000 to 1,000.000
3 053 5 085 9 1 69 12 2 68 15 3 82 17 462 23 5 48 7 2 66 30 744
10.000 to 100,000
15 031 45 1 05 38 1 01 54 182 59 165 63 142 58 153 49 158 64 1 79
1 ,000lolO ,000
64 018 107 034 89 030 134 041 167 049 202 059 185 055 143 046 153 048
0 to 1.000
68 002 104 003 108 003 103 003 224 0 07 235 0 07 185 005 164 005 219 006
No size reported for
incident
138 148 175 138 120 105 79 90 73
Average duration of kill
in days
2 95 2 64 2 59 318 2 44 257 271 3 34 2 99
1 Derived after excluding reports 01100.000 kills or more as being unrepresentative
2 Reporting system in effect for last six months of 1960
3 Municipal operations include electric power-generating stations
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Table 3Continued
Historical Summary of Pollution-Caused Fish Kills, June 1960-December 1977
1969 1970
1971 1972 1973
1974 1975 1976 1977
Number of States
responding
45 45
46 50 50
50 50 50 50
Number of reports
594 635
860 760 749
721 624 667 503
Reports which state
number of fish killed
492 563
759 697 703
648 543 601
Total reported number of
fish killed
, 41.166000 22,290,000
73670,000 17717000 37,814,000
19,052.000 16,111.210 13,611,049 16,538.936
Average size of kill
5.860 6,412
6,154 , 4639 5,527
6,532 3,879 4.509 5.310
Largest kilt reported
25,527 000 3240,000
5,500,000 2,922,000 10,000,000
47,112,000 10.000,000 4,800,000 8,591.912
Number of reported
incidents for
each pollution
source operation
93
Agricultural
117 108
132 113 161
145 118 151
95
tndustrial
199 213
231 189 195
168 122
Municipal 3
84 120
162 167 146
169 90 133 107
Transportation
32 28
52 56 65
40 47 50
Other
33 28
64 72 56
74 78 67
Unknown
129 138
219 163 125
125 169 154 120
Total reports
594 635
860 760 749
721 624 667 503
Number of reports and
No Nofi ii No NeI ii
No NolisS No NottsN No Nolish
No - NotioN No Notish No Nofieii No Nofisti
fish killed by
reports (miuione) reports lmiilloos)
reports (ilINli00 5i reports (relilionsi reports (mullahs)
reports (miluons) reports (m iuOnS) reports fm iIOila) reports
size grouping
1.000.000 or more
4 351 5 11 4
28 63.0 6 897 6 29 53
6 1076 3 12.0 3 8.83 2 126
100,000 to 1.000.000
9 315 26 744
26 637 27 543 19 465
20 7 1 9 1 87 10 2 15 7 16
10000 to 100.000
81 206 91 2 73
124 333 81 2 60 88 2 74
110 36 65 1.62 81 1 96 50 15
1 000 to 10,000
165 0 52 198 0 62
266 0 86 216 0 62 251 0 81
187 0 6 173 0 57 183 0 57 132 5
O to 1,000
233 0 06 243 007
315 0 10 367 0 09 339 0 09
325 0 1 293 007 223 09 229 06
No size reported for
incident
102 74
101 63 46
73 81 67 29
Average duration of kill
in days
Derived after excluding reports of 100,000 kills or more as being unrepresentative.
2 Reporting system in effect for last six months of 1960
Municipal operations include electric power-generating stations.
S
311 325 335 340 272 358 218 318 253
7
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Table 7
Fish Kill Summary by Month, 1977
Aonth
Reports specifying number
of fish killed
Total Number
reports of
reports
Number
of
fish
anuary
19 17
103,416
ebruary
26 21
119,704
uvlarch
19 17
77,242
April
51 44
208,312
lay
63 48
331,502
une
58 54
8,797,043
luly
84 76
561,774
August
73 70
4,961,599
september
47 46
425,793
)ctober
27 22
154,078
lovember
27 25
795,966
i.)ecember
9 9
2,507
Total
503 449
16,538,936
Table 7 summarizes the number of fish
killed and fish kill incidents by month
Table 8
Table 8 summarizes the estimated severity
and the reported duration of fish kills, their
average size, and the number of reports for
the different pollution sources
ish Kill Summary
by Duration and
Severity of Kill, 1977
Severity of kill
Number
of
reports
Average
kill
Duration of Kill
.
No Average
(days)
Agricultural
Number of
reports
Industrial
Number of
reports
Municipal
Number of
reports
Transport
ation
Number of
reports
Other
Operations
Number of
reports
Unknown
Number of
reports
ompletekill
57
11,109
42 4.02
13
17
9
9
8
leavy kill
140
8,404
82 2.74
24
32
31
4
14
3
Moderate kIll
89
2,704
58 1.93
19
14
18
3
8
35
iightklll
83
759
53 174
10
16
18
5
8
27
lot Stated
134
6,588
18 2.22
27
16
31
18
15
26
otal
503
5,310
253 2.53
93
95
107
37
51
29
120
11
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Summary of Reported
Fish Kills, by State
This section of the report summarizes
fish kills reported in 1977 on a State-
by-State basis. Data for each State are
reported separately, and each reported
fish kill is located within the county
where it occurred. Each map includes a
set of symbols denoting the size of an
individual kill. States with no reported
fish kills in 1977 are not included.
Figures 4 through 44 consist of individual
State maps displaying the location and size
of each reported fish kill and a chart show-
ing the percentage of fish killed by source
of pollution in each State
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Figure 4
Kills by Size
1-100
100- 1000
100010000
10000100000
100000-1000000
over 1000000
State of AlabamaReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Fish
U
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+
x
1 3
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Figure 5
State of CaliforniaReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
1
Industrial
Operations
7%
Transportation
Operations
2%
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
ฃ 100010000
+ 10000100000
1000001000000
over 1000000
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Figure 6
State of ConnecticutReported
Fish Kills, by Size and Percentages
of Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
A 100010000
+ 10000100000
x 1000001000000
over 1000000
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Figure 7
State of DelawareReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
ฃ 100010000
+ 10000100000
x 100 0001000 000
over 1000 000
0
/
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SUSSEK
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Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
A 100010000
+ 10000100000
1000001000000
over 1000000
Figure 8
State of FloridaReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
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Municipal
Operations
32%
Unknown
45%
17
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Figure 9
State of GeorgiaReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
A 100010000
+ 10000100000
1000001000000
over 1000000
I
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Figure 10
State of HawaiiReported Fish Kills,
by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
/
/
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Fish Kills by Size
1100
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A 100010000
+ 10000100000
x 1000001000000
over 1000000
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Figure 11
State of IdahoReported Fish Kills,
by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
ฃ 100010000
+ 10000100000
1000001000000
+ over 1000000
i8OU DARYr
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1.1 - - -
- CUSTER
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- BOISE BUTTE
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BANNOCE CARIBOU
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Kills by Size
1 100
100 1000
100010000
10000100000
100 000 1000 000
over 1000000
Figure 12
State of IllinoisReported Fish Kills,
by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
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Fish
U
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+
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21
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Figure 13
Kills by Size
1-100
100-1000
100010000
10000100000
100000-1000000
over 1000000
State of IndianaReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
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Fish
.
ฃ
+
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22
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Figure 14
State of IowaReported Fish Kills,
by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Kills by Size
1-100
100-1000
100010000
10000100000
100 000 1000 000
over 1000000
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23
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Figure 15
State of KansasReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
A 100010000
+ 10000100000
x 100 0001000 000
over 1000000
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24
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Figure 16
State of KentuckyReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Siz.
1100
A 1001000
100010 000
+ 10000100000
100 0001000 000
over 100 000
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Figure 17
State of LouisianaReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
A 100010000
+ 10000100000
)c 1000001000000
over 1000000
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Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
A 100010000
+ 10000100000
1000001000 000
over 1000000
Figure 18
State of MarylandReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
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Figure 19
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State of MassachusettsReported
Fish Kills, by Size and Percentages
of Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
A 100010000
+ 10000100000
x 100 0001000 000
over 1000000
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Agricultural Operations
100%
Figure 20
State of MichiganReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Size
1100
C 1001000
ฃ 100010000
+ 10000100000
x 1000001000000
over 1000000
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Figure 21
State of MinnesotaReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Transportation
Operations
17%
Municipal Operations
Agricultural
Operations
17%
Kills by Size
1 100
1001000
100010000
1o000 100 000
100 000 1000 000
over 1000 000
I
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Figure 22
State of MissouriReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
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Industrial
Operations
8%
Municipal Operations
69%
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
ฃ 100010000
+ 10000100000
x 100 0001000 000
over 1000000
- 31
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Figure 23
State of NebraskaReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Kills by Size
1 100
1001000
100010000
10000100 000
100 0001000000
over 1000000
Transportation
Operations
8%
Fish
U
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ฃ
+
x
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Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
A 100010000
+ 10000100000
1000001000000
over 1000 000
Figure 24
State of N HarnpshireReported
Fish Kills, by Size and Percentages
of Causes, 1977
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Figure 25
Fish
U
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A
+
x
Kills by Size
1 100
1001000
100010000
10000100 000
100 000 1000 000
over 1000000
State of New MexicoReported
Fish Kills, by Size and Percentages
of Causes, 1977
34,
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Figure 26
State of New YorkReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Transportation
Operations
7%
Agricultural
Operations
7%
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
ฃ 100010000
+ 10000100000
x 1000001000000
over 1000000
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Figure 27
State of North CarolinaReported
Fish Kills, by Size and Percentages
of Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
A 100010000
+ 10000100000
x 100 0001000 000
over 1000000
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Figure 28
State of North DakotaReported Fish
K ills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by SIz.
1100
1001000
ฃ 100010000
+ 10000100000
1000001000000
over 1000000
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37
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Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
4 100010000
+ 10000100000
x 1000001000000
over 1000000
Figure 29
State of OhioReported Fish Kills,
by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
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Figure 30
State of OklahomaReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Other Operations
4%
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
* 100010000
+ 10000100000
x 100 0001000 000
over 1000 000
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39
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Figure 31
State of OregonReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
ฃ 100010000
+ 10000100000
x 100 0001000 000
over 1000000
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40
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Figure 32
State of PennsylvaniaReported
Fish Kills, by Size and Percentages
of Causes, 1977
Fish
U
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A
+
x
Kills by Size
1 100
100 1000
1000 10 000
10 000 100 000
100 000 1000 000
over 1000 000
American Map Company, Inc., New York #18392-A
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Causes, 1977
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Figure 34
State of South CarolinaReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
ransportation
Operations
33-1/3%
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Fish Kills by Size
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33-1/3%
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Figure 35
State of South DakotaReported
Fish Kills, by Size and Percentages
of Causes, 1977
Kills by Size
1 100
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1000 10 000
10 000 100 000
100 000 1000 000
over 1000 000
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Figure 36
State of TennesseeReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
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State of UtahReported Fish KUIs
by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
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Figure 38
State of TexasReported Fish Kills,
by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Unknown
38%
Fish KUls by Size
I 1100
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41 100010000
+ 10000100000
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State of VermontReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
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Figure 40
State of VirginiaReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Kills by Size
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1001000
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100 000 1000 000
over 1000000
Transportation
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State of WashingtonReported
Fish Kills, by Size and Percentages
of Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
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+ 10000100000
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over 1000 000
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Figure 42
State of West VirginiaReported
Fish Kills, by Size and Percentages
of Causes, 1977
Fish kills by Size
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Other Operations
100%
Figure 43
State of WisconsintReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
Fish Kills by Size
1100
1001000
A 100010000
+ 10000100000
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over 1000000
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1 100
100 1000
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State of WyomingReported Fish
Kills, by Size and Percentages of
Causes, 1977
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Appendices
Introduction
Appendix A is a reproduction of the
report form showing information
desired. It is recognized that the casual
observer cannot normally provide much
of the information; however, location,
estimates of the number of dead fish
and tissue and date of the observation
are extremely important. Also impor-
tant is the probable source of pollution
where it can be identified.
Appendix B lists the State agencies
actively participating in the fish kill
reporting program. Observers are en-
couraged to report any sightings of
dead fish to their appropriate State
agency. Since, if the cause is not readi-
ly apparent, time is important to an in.
vestigation, reports should be submit-
ted as soon as possible, preferably by
telephone to the local offices of the
agency (game wardens, for example) If
no local office is present, reports can
be mailed to the agency at the ad-
dresses shown.
Appendix C defines pollution sources
in terms of the type of operation involv-
ed. Since the number of dead fish may
not be indicative of the severity of the
pollution, proper State officIals should
be notified even when only a small
number of dead fish are seen floating
on a water body. In cases where the
fish kill was due to causes other than
man-created pollution, States officials
are still interested in determining the
cause, and should be notified
Appendix D lists the 449 reported fish
kills for which the pollution-source was
specified. Tabular heading information
for each fish kill includes state, body
of water, city or town, date of kill,
cause, type of fish killed (game or non-
game), percent of fish killed, severity,
extent of damage, and duration.
Appendix E lists the 120 individual fish
kills with pollution source not
specified. Kills from natural causes are
not included.
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Appendix A
Report of Pollution Caused
Fish Kill Sample Form
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OFFICE OF WATER PLANNING AND ST, NDARDS
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20460
REPORT OF POLLUTIONCAUSED FISH KILL
i%rm Approved 0MB No.1 58R0036
FOR OWPS USE ONLY
IA. LOCATION (Name of body of Water; Latitude_Longitude)
B. NEAREST TOWN COUNTY
C. STATE 2. DATE OF KILL
3. TYPE OF WATER BODY 0 LAKE
O RIVER OR STREAM 0 OCEAN OR GULF
ESTUARY
4. PUBLIC DRINKING WATER
SUPPLY
YES NO
5. POLLUTION SOURCE TYPE OF OPERATION
A. AGRICULTURAL OPER.-
ATIONS
POI SON5(pestlcides,e(c,)
FERTILIZERS
o MANURE DRAINAGE.
ENSILAGF LIQUORS. OR
FEED LOT OPERATIONS
HANDLING OF
EQUIPMENT
& CONTAINERS
B. INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS
MINING [ j TEXTILES
FOOD & KINDRED LEATHER &
PRODUCTS LEATHER
PAPER & ALLIED PRODUCTS
PRODUCTS RUBBER
CHEMICALS PLASTICS
0 LUMBER & WOOD
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
METALS 0 SAND & GRAVEL
OTHER
C. MUNICIPAL OPERA
TIONS
D SEWERAGE SYSTEM
U REFUSE DISPOSAL
WATER SYSTEM
Li SWIMMING POOL
0 POWER(pubJsc Service)
O PEST CONTROL
0. TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS E CONSTRUCTION OR OTHER IF.
CONSTRUCTION J 5ER VICE I
RAIL TRUCK BARGE OR OTHER OPERATIONSI UNKNOWN
BOAT
AIR PIPELINE
CUSTODIAL
FACILITIES I
G. SPECIFIC POLLUTANT OR FACTOR CHANGING WATER CHARACTERISTICS
(Name of chemical, themial discharge, etc.)
6. TYPE OF FISH KILL
7. EST. NO. KILLED I$ SEVERITY
Ic:i TOTAL HEAVY MOD D LIGHT
GAME
NON-GAME I % 9. EXTENT OF AREA AFFECTED ODURATIONOFCRITICAL EFFECT
COMMERCIAL fA DAYS JB HOURS
TOTAL 100 y, A. MILES OF f B ACRES OF
STREAM LAKE
hA. SPECIES OF FISH KILLED (If known)
B. ADDITIONAL REMARKS (Include effects on other than fish, e.g., shellfish, waterfowl, etc.)
REPORT
12. REPORTING OFFICIAL 13. AGENCY MAILING ADDRESS I4. DATE OF
EPA Form 75003 (Rev, 779) 479 EDITION MAY BE USED, ALL OTHERS OBSOLETE
INSTRUCTIONS: Upon completion fold card to show address and tape where indicated.
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Appendix B
State Agencies
Alabama Department of Conservation
AND Natural Resources
Game and Fish Division
Fisheries Section
64 North Union Street
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Water Improvement Commission
Surveillance and Monitoring Section
749 State Office Building
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Department of Fish and Game
Habitat Protection Section
Subport Building
Juneau, Alaska, 99801
Arizona Game and Fish Department
2222 West Greenway Road
P.O Box 9099
Phoenix, Arizona 85068
Arkansas Department of Pollution
Control and Ecology
8001 National Drive
Little Rock, Arkansas 72209
California Department of Fish and Game
Environmental Services Branch
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, California 94814
Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Section
6060 Broadway
Denver, Colorado 80216
Department of Environmental Protection
Fisheries Unit
State Office Building
Hartford, Connecticut 06115
Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control
Division of Fish and Wildlife
Fisheries Section
Dover, Delaware 19901
Florida Department of Environmental
Regulation
2600 Blair Stone road
Montgomery Building
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Georgia Department of Natural
Resources
Game and Fish Division
Trinity-Washington Street Building
270 Washington Street, S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Division of Fish and Game
1151 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Idaho Fish and Game Department
Bureau of Fisheries
P.O Box 25
Boise, Idaho 83707
Illinois Department of Conservation
Division of Fisheries
602 N Grand Avenue, West
Springfield, Illinois 62702
Indiana State Board of Health
Division of Water Pollution Control
Water Quality and Standards Branch
1330 West Michigan Street
Indianapolis. Indiana 46206
Superintendent of Fisheries
Wallace State Office Bldg
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Kansas. Fish and Game
Fisheries Division
R R. #2, Box 54A
Pratt, Kansas 67124
Department of Fish and Wiidiife
Resources
Division of Fisheries
592 E Main
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Louisana Stream Control Commission
P 0 Drawer F.C, University Station
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70893
Dept of Inland Fisheries and Game
Fish and Game Department
State Office Building
284 State Street
Augusta. Maine 04333
Division of Marine Resources
State House Annex
Augusta, Maine 04333
Maryland Department of Water
Resources
State Office Building
580 Taylor Ave., C-2
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Massachusetts Department of Natural
Resources
Division of Marine Fisheries
State Office Building
Government Center
100 Cambridge Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02202
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Massachusetts Division of Fisheries
and Wildlife
Field Headquarters
Westboro, Massachusets 01581
Water Quality Division
Department of Natural REsources
Box 30028
Lansing, Michigan 48909
Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources
Division of Fish and Wildlife
Box 12
390 Centennial Building
St Paul, Minnesota 55155
Mississippi Air and Water Pollution
Control Commission
P0 Box 827
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
Missouri Department of Conservation
1110 College Avenue
columbia. Missouri 65201
Missouri Department of Conservation
Division of Fisheries
P0 Box 180
Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
Department of Fish and Game
Room 134. Cogswell Building
-lelena, Montana 59601
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
2200 North 33rd Street
0. Box 30370
Lincoln, Nebraska 68503
1evada Department of Wildlife
0 Box 10678
iReno, Nevada 89520
Jew Hampshire Water Supply and
Pollution Control Commission
r-lazen Drive
P0 Box 95
concord. New Hampshire 03301
i)ept of Environmental Protection
Division of Fish. Game and Shelltisheries
3ureau of Fisheries Laboratory
.ebanon. New Jersey 08833
New Mexico Department of Game and
Fish
State Capitol
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Department of Environmental
Conservation
Albany, New York 12201
North Carolina Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
P 0 Box 27687
Raleigh. North Carolina 27611
North Dakota Game and Fish Department
Fisheries Division
103/2 South Third Street
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Division of Wildlife
Fountain Square
Columbia, Ohio 43224
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
Conservation
Fisheries Division
1801 North Lincoln Bouelvard
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
P 0 Box 53465
OKC. OK 73152
Fish and Wildlife Commission
307 State Office Building
Portland Oregon 97201
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
P.O Box 1673
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Division of Water Resources. DEM
209 Cannon Building
75 Davis Street
Providence, RI 20908
Environmental Management
Division of Fish and Wildlife
Washington County Government Center
Tower Hill Road
Wakefield, RI 02879
South Carolina Wildlife and Marine
Resources Department
Division of Game
P0 Box 167
Columbia, South Carolina 29202
S C Department of Health and
Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia. S C 29201
South Dakota Department of Wildlife
Parks and Forestry
Division of Wildlife
Sigurd Anderson Bldg
Pierre. South Dakota 57501
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Fish Management Division
Doctors Building. Room 600
P0 Box 40747
Nashville Tennessee 37204
Resource Protection Branch
4200 Smith School Road
Austin, Texas 78744
Utah Department of Natural Resources
Division of Wildlife Resources
1596 West North Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
Vermont Fish and Game Department
Montpelier, VT 05602
Virginia State Water Control Board
Div of Ecological Studies
P0 Box 11143
Richmond, Virginia 23230
Washington State Department of Ecology
7272 Cleanwater Lane
Olympia, Washington 98504
West Virginia Division of Wildlife
Resources
Fish Management
1800 Washington Street East
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources
Bureau of Water Quality
Box 7291
Madison Wisconsin 53707
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Water Quality Laboratory
Box 712
Lander, Wyoming 82520
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Appendix C
Glossary
Sources of Pollution by Type
of Operation
Fish kills may be caused by pollution
from a large number and variety of
sources. To facilitate reporting of kills,
these pollution sources have been
categorized according to the types of
operations (municipal, industrial, etc.)
producing the pollution. Following are
definitions of each operation to include
breakdowns into subcategories.
Agricultural Operations
Pollution from agricultural operations
results primarily from wastewater
runoff from fields where various
chemical compounds are used for pest
control and fertilizers. Runoff from
feedlot operations are also included
under this category In addition, a prob.
able cause of pollution lies in the
handling of various pesticides or fer.
tilizers, the cleaning of equipment used
to disperse these chemicals, and the
handling and disposal of the con-
tainers.
Poisons (Pesticides, Etc.)
Poisons include any of the cides
used at the site of agricultural opera-
tions, which may be introduced into a
water body through a runoff after a
rain or through settling from the air.
Ferlilizers
This subcategory applies to commer-
cial fertilizers after they have been
delivered for use.
Manure Drainage, Ensilage Liquors,
or Feed Lot Operations
In addition to the operations named in
this heading, this subcategory includes
other agricultural operations which
may be a source of pollution through
poor housekeeping practices.
Handling of Equipment and
Containers
This subcategory includes washing of
equipment, handling and storage of
pesticide or fertilizer compounds
before use, and container disposal
Construction, or Other
Construction operations such as the
building of highways, dams, industrial
complexes and other structures in or
near waterways, are a frequent source
of pollution.
The following are examples of the
other category.
Large residential or custodial
facilities not connected to municipal
sewers but having their own system,
for example, Federal, State, and church
institutions, custodial institutions such
as old folks homes, universities, etc.
Domestic service operations in
suburban or rural areas resulting in
direct discharges such as spent
drycleaning solutions and wash and
rinse water from coin laundries and dry
cleaners, and spent floor and paint
cleaners.
Highway restaurants, motels, resort
areas, and auto service areas which
may or may not have their own treat-
ment plant.
IndustrIal Operations
Industrial operations involve manufac-
turing or processing industrial and
commercial products.
Mining
Pollution from mining operations is
most often caused by acid mine
drainage from coal mines. In addition,
coal washings and taconite tailing
disposal are included here as well as
side products from all other mining
operations, including mining for ore,
limestone, phosphate, etc.
Chemicals
This subcategory includes manufacture
of the folIowing
Basic chemicals such as acids,
alkalies, salts, and organic chemicals,
Chemical products to be used in fur-
ther manufacture such as synthetic
fibers, plastic materials, dry colors,
and pigments; and,
Finished chemical products for
ultimate consumption (cosmetics,
drugs and soaps); or to be used as
materials or supplies in other in-
dustries (paints, fertilizers, and
explosives)
Food and Kindred Products
These operations include those in-
volved in preparing and processing
fresh and raw food items and other
related products for the market. Ex-
amples include:
Sugar refining,
Canning, dehydrating, freezing, or cur-
ing of fruits, vegetables, or fish and
other seafood;
Grain processing into flour, cereal
products, etc.;
Slaughtering or meat packing;
Dressing poultry,
Any milk-handling operation including
dairy farm, cheese factory, condensery,
creamery, or ice cream plant;
Breweries, wineries, or distilleries
operations,
Rendering plants or vegetable oil
manufacture; and,
Animal feed manufacture
Textiles
Textile production covers all milltype
operations, including bleaching and
dyeing processes
Metals
This subcategory includes all opera-
tions involving metals and plating (ex-
cept mining), such as blast furnaces,
smelting, rolling mills, pickling, heat
treatment, etc Common sources of
wastes are metal cleaning solutions
and plating vats which contain large
amounts of acid, cyanide, copper, iron,
chrome, and arsenic,a11 of which are
specific causes of fish kills
In addition, coke ovens and inefficient
clarifier tanks in steel mills add toxic
chemicals and turbidity to waste water.
Petroleum
Petroleum covers oil or gas well drill-
ing, oil refining, and the manufacture
of any petroleum products.
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Paper and Allied Products
Paper and allied products covers
papermaking in any of its stages, In-
cluding resultant sludge deposits in
streams or lakes
Rubber and Plastics
This subcategory includes manufacture
from natural, synthetic, or reclaimed
rubber. It also includes manufacturing
involved in molding primary plastics for
trade, and miscellaneous finished
plastic products
Other Industrial
Other applies to those industries not
specifically designated. The following
are examples of potential entries under
this item
Lumber and wood products production
including logging, chemical treatment,
and sawmill operations through the
finished product,
Leather and leather products process-
ing and production,
Sand and gravel washing; and,
Automobile manufacturing
Municipal Operations
Municipal operations are those ac-
tivities that are the responsibility of the
municipality in providing public utilities
and other services.
Sewerage System
Includes municipal sanitary and storm
sewers and combined sewers The
wastes may be treated or untreated
before they enter or leave the
municipal system
Refuse Disposal
Refuse disposal concerns dumps, land
fill projects, etc., used for disposal of
solid wastes The prime cause of fish
kills from these sources is drainage
from these areas, and deposits of ash
from incinerators into surface water
bodies
Water System
Fish kills charged to water system in-
clude kills caused by excessive use of
chemicals for pipe cleaning and for
algae, weed, and insect control in
reservoirs. A common source of kills
from this source is high chlorine solu-
tions drained from new pipe lines,
storage tanks, reservoirs, and pump
stations, which are used to sterilize
new water supply facilities
Swimming Pools
Fish kills charged to swimming pool
operations generally result from clean-
ing operations or use of excessive
chlorine This subcategory applies if
pool drainage is not connected to the
city sewer system, regardless of who
owns or operates the pool.
Power (Public Service)
Power generation considered here is
the production of power intended for
consumption by the general public, ver-
sus power generation necessary to
operate a manufacturing plant. Ther-
mal pollution is of prime concern,
although wastewaters such as that
from boiler blowdown sometimes
cause fish kills, most often during low
flows.
Pest Control
This subcategory of operations in-
cludes spraying of ponds, creeks,
marshes, or use of other various
methods of insect control when the
poisons used are deposited directly in-
to a waterway, as opposed to being
conveyed to the waterway via a muni-
cipal sewer system
Transportation Operations
The major source of pollution from
these operations is accidental spillage
into waterways of products in transit
regardless of source, destination, or
ultimate use.
Rail
Fish kills charged to this subcategory
are caused by accidental product
spills, whether due to a wreck or by
handling in yards. Waste discharge
from railyard operations also applies
here.
Pipeline
Pipeline means those lines used to
transport liquids or gases for long
distances.
Truck
A fish kill charged to this subcategory
most often results from a wreck,
leakage, or careless handling in transit
and at terminals
Air
This subcategory includes operation of
airports, which are frequent producers
of oily wastes and highly alkaline air-
craft washrack drainage, as well as air-
craft operations. It also includes
aircraft crashes which should be con-
sidered in the same light as accidents
involving trains, trucks, boats, etc.
Barge or Boat
Barge or boat operations may result in
pollution through spillage of products
resulting from bilge discharges, fire,
collision, sinking, or mishandling the
products while in transit. Transit, in
this case, includes transfer to or from
the vessel while docked.
Unknown
The unknown category is applied to a
fish kill when the pollution source
operation cannot be determined or sur-
mised, and the investigator is reason-
ably sure that the kill was due to pollu-
tion
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Appendix D
Report of Fish Kills, 1977
Cause Identified
Bodyotwaler
Cityortown
Date
Cause 1
see
Typeoffishkulled
Percent
kilt with
Estimated
li 5h
Severity 2
see
Estimated Duration
mites or
code
page
Percent
game
Percent
non
commer
Cial
value
killed
code
page
acres
aflecied 3
page
Days
Hrs
game
Alabama
Jones Bluff Res
Autaugavllle
8 03 77
11
16
84
5
4,802
3
19A
2
Jones Bluff Res.
Autaugaville
7 30 77
11
90
10
2
2,869
19A
Jones Bluff Res.
Lowndesboro
8 06 77
11
84
4
3,060
20A
2
Jones Bluff Res.
Lowndesboro
7 30 77
11
58
42
15
5,219
2
25A
1
Jones Bluff Res.
Montgomery Co.
7 23 77
11
5
95
16
10,254
2
15A
4
Turkey Cr
Morris
6 27 77
21
100
3
21
4
12M
2
Village Cr.
Porter
7 20 77
31
31
69
41
4
1M
1
Cahaba R
Trussville
8 11 77
22
28
72
68
8,155
3
2M
2
Cahaba R
Trussville
5 19 77
22
24
76
74
12,636
2
3M
2
Talladega R.
Waldo
11 12 77
41
6
94
3,870
4
12M
2
California
Pine Cr.
Bishop
8 05 77
21
100
1
1OM
Canal D-23-1
Blythe
9 04 77
11
25
75
750
2
Lake Casitas
Castaic
8 18 77
50
100
7,500
2
M & I Canal
Chico
3 21 77
31
100
5,000
Mokelumne R.
Clements
9 23 77
21
100
41,793
2
2M
20
Mokelumne A
Clements
9 23 77
21
50
50
100
4
1M
1
Sky Ranch
Corona
6 11 77
50
55
45
220
1
1A
1
Vail Cut Off Drain
El Centro
11 28 77
11
100
300
2
1M
4
Vail 4A Drain
El Centro
11 28 77
11
95
5
2
1M
8
Merced R
El Portal
1 15 77
31
3
97
3,000
2
2M
6
Suisun Cr.
Fairfield
2 21 77
11
10
90
300
1
7M
5
Little Johns Cr.
Farmington
1 07 77
13
50
50
550
1
1M
30
LoneTreeCr
French Camp
2 1577
13
100
750
1
Garzas Cr
Gustine
12 28 77
13
50
50
200
3
1M
1
Dahlia Ca
Ffoltville
7 07 77
50
100
500
3
Snodgrass Slough
Hood
9 02 77
11
75
25
7,000
2
1M
Unnamed Stream
Imperial Co.
10 24 77
44
48
52
150
2
1M
3
Mokelumne R
Jackson
6 04 77
35
100
250
2
1M
Lower Colorado A.
Lost Lake Resrt
8 16 77
50
90
10
1,100
2
Venice Grand Ca.
Marina Del Rey
4 08 77
50
100
5,000
3
3M
5
Napa R
Napa
8 19 77
50
2
98
1,000
2
1M
11
Rositas Ca
Niland
8 20 77
50
50
50
15,000
2
Drain
Niland
8 17 77
11
100
200
3
1M
Robla Cr
Roblal
1 17 77
31
50
50
150
2
5M
Green Valley La.
San Bernardino
9 02 77
50
100
1,200
2
San Alijo Lagoon
San Diego Co
6 15 77
50
100
750
3
1A
San Diego R. (PD)
San Diego
4 12 77
31
100
125
3
GalIo Ranch PD
Snelling
7 06 77
12
95
5
2,250
3A
1
Port of Stockton
Stockton
11 24 77
28
100
1,000
1
5M
Calleguas Cr.
Thousand Oaks
2 15 77
50
100
20
4
Pardee Res.
Valley Springs
4 01 77
33
50
50
550
3
1,000A
Connecticut
Carter PD
Guilford
2
28
if
42
20
80
125
3
1A
10
Hot, Br.
Manchester
8
03
77
28
100
950
4
1M
1
Naugatuck R.
Thomaston
7
08
77
24
100
3
2M
2
Naugatuck R
Torrington
7
06
77
24
100
3
3M
2
Echo La.
Watertown
6
27
77
50
100
65
4
15A
2
Long Island SD
West Haven
8
09
77
31
50
50
50
10,000
3
2
-------
Idaho
Snake R-Dry Bed
Bodyotwater
Cityortown
Date
Cause 1
see
Typeotflshkilled
Percent
kill
Eslimaled
Severity 2
Estimated Duration
code
page
Percent
game
Percent
non
with
commer
cial
value
(ish
killed
sea
code
page
miles or
acres
aftecled 3
Days
Hrs
game
page
Delaware
HeadwaterStrean,
Canterbury
4 12 77
11
100
4
St. Jones R
Dover
5 20 77
31
52
48
50
3
5A
4
Florida
Lt. Sabine Bay
Gulf Breeze
1 03 77
31
100
1,000
3
50A
Santa Rosa Sound
Gulf Breeze
5 14 77
31
100
24
San Carlos Cr.
Jacksonville
1 23 77
35
100
60
1,500
3
isle of Palms Ca
Jacksonville BE
1 20 77
50
100
40
1,000
4
1M
1
Residential Ca
Marathon
10 13 77
50
100
2
10
Ca Off Pablo Cr.
Neptune Beach
4 14 77
50
100
100
2A
1M
1
Small La
Oviedo
2 12 77
50
100
10
4
Watson Bayou
Panama City
10 03 77
31
2
98
10,000
2
2A
2
Bayou Chico
Pensacola
8 17 77
31
100
6,000
4
1
Bayou Chico
Pensacola
8 21 77
31
100
2,000
3
Arm Bayou Chico
Pensacola
9 13 77
31
100
25,000
2
3A
2
2
EIkham Waterway
Port Charlotte
9 19 77
50
3
GeorgIa
Big Hurricane Cr
Alma
6 18 77
31
30
70
500
2
1M
Alabaha R
Blackshear
7 03 77
13
33
67
105
3
6
Unnamed Pond
Bostwick
7 28 77
11
100
3,000
1
2M
4A
Tr.Coo Sawattee R
Carters
4 16 77
11
70
30
100
1
1M
Cedar Cr
Cedartown
6 27 77
24
60
40
5
3,000
3
1M
Cedar Cr
Cedartown
7 10 77
24
73
27
5
13,289
3
11M
2
4
W. Chickamauga Cr
Chickamauga
6 02 77
31
20
80
25
100
4
1M
W. Chickarnauga Cr
Chickamauga
5 22 77
31
30
70
20
50
4
1M
2
2
Doster PD
Colbert
7 27 77
11
100
1,200
2
2A
2
Holly Cr.
Corner
7 19 77
13
4
96
7,885
1
4M
2
Conasauga R #2
Dalton
7 31 77
31
5
95
95
50
4
1M
Conasauga R #1
Dalton
7 26 77
31
10
90
70
50
4
1M
Conasauga A #3
Dalton
8 05 77
31
10
90
90
50
4
1M
Pumpkinvine Cr #1
Emerson
7 11 77
50
30
70
40
30,000
2
7M
2
Brndle Farmer PD
Good Hope
9 14 77
11
100
13,500
4
1OA
Ed. Studdard PD
Good Hope
9 22 77
11
5
95
10,000
2
1A
1
3
Apalachee A.
High Shoals
9 01 77
11
30
70
25,480
1
1OM
3
Unnamed Pond
Madison
7 30 77
11
100
700
3
Ochiockonee R.
Moultrie
5 10 7?
31
89
11
1,764
2
6A
GM
2
Okapilco Cr
Moultre
1 17 77
24
12,585
1
27M
Pumpkinvine Cr #2
New Hope
7 18 77
50
25
75
30
28,000
2
7M
2
Pipe Makers Ca.
Pooler
5 01 77
50
50
50
232
2
8M
2
E. M Wilibank PD
Russell
11 30 77
28
100
25,000
1
1A
24
Lake Brantley
Rutledge
8 28 77
11
90
10
189,000
2
40A
4
Hard Labor Cr.
Social Circle
8 27 77
11
50
50
1,200
1
4M
Indian Cr
Stone Mountain
5 09 77
32
84
16
3,600
1
2M
2
Warrior Cr
Worth Co.
8 11 77
31
90
10
325
1
7M
Withlaoochee A.
Valdosta
5 27 77
31
39
61
11,256
2
9M
5
Kettle Cr.
Waycross
4 22 77
22
70
30
700
2
3M
Hawaii
Honolulu Harbor
Honolulu
5 05 77
50
4
1M
1
Rigby
30777 31 100
300 2
1M 10
61
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Appendix 0Continued
Body of water
City or town
Date
Cause 1
see
Type of fish killed
Percent
kill with
commer-
Estimated
t h
killed
Severity 2
see
code
Estimated 1 Duration
miles or
acres
code
page
Percent
game
Percent
non
game
cial
value
page
affected 3
page
Days
firs
Illinois
3
Leaf A
Adeline
7 03 77
13
4
96
7
2,315
4
4M
1
Union Dr-Riley C.
Charleston
4 15 77
13
2
98
18
1,089
3
5M
1
Shavetail Cr-Tr
Cissna Park
10 10 77
42
3
97
7
89,099
1M
1
E. Fk. Galena A.
Calena
9 03 77
13
30
70
42
1,266
Kingsbury Cr
Kirkland
8 19 77
13
100
12,132
3
8M
2
Des Plaines R.
Lubertyville
6 27 77
31
8
92
89
2,930
4M
2
North Shore Chnl
Skokie
7 06 77
31
100
70
5,108
2
11
Tr-Rock R.
Stillman Valley
8 30 77
13
4
96
15
5,595
6M
Indiana
Penniel Cr.
Brazil
10 26 77
28
5
95
1,230
2
3M
5M
2
E. Fk. White Lick
Bridgeport
9 05 77
31
100
200
3
8M
1
Moots Cr
Brookston
7 14 77
25
70
30
11,720
1
Spring Cr.
Brookston
7 07 77
13
100
1,150
2
GM
1
Sugar Cr
Crawfordsville
8 30 77
31
22
78
55,000
1M
5
Ramp Run
Danville
9 01 77
13
20
80
300
2
Sugar Cr.
Delphi
3 12 77
13
3,008
1
1M
2
Sand Cr.
Fishers
7 14 77
23
100
51
Lt. Deer Cr.
Flora
7 08 77
13
50
50
500
3
1M
White Lick Cr.
Mooresville
6 19 77
31
10
90
500
2
2M
Big Blue A.
Morristown
6 27 77
24
30
70
333
3
2M
Salt Cr.
Nashville
2 06 77
31
50
50
500
3
2M
1
Carpenter Cr.
Remington
11 10 77
22 -
100
250
3
3M
1M
1
10
Hodges Br.
Rushville
9 01 77
50
17
83
600
1
Iowa
MId Raccoon R.
Goon Rapids
4 12 77
24
10
90
5,000
2
9M
2
Des Moines R.
Humboldt
7 20 77
50
2
95
3
L.ake Nokomas
Humboldt
7 05 77
31
50
50
200
4
1M
2
Kansas
Wolf Cr.
Basehor
3 16 77
13
48
52
250
1
2M
7
Bells Farm Pond
Dodge City
6 09 77
50
100
2,630
1
1A
3
W. Br. Walnut R.
El Dorado
1 77
25
38
62
300
4
1M
Mill Cr.
Holiday
6 12 77
11
10
90
400
3
2M
NatronaCr.
luka
8,28 77
13
15
85
500
4
1M
Smoky Hill A.
Lindsborg
5 20 77
13
40
60
2,300
3
4M
1
Mid Br. Muddy Cr
Pilsen
3 30 77
13
40
60
175
3
1M
Kentucky
E. Fk. Lt. Sandy A
Ashland
12 19 77
25
100
20
4
5M
8
Lt. Paint Cr.
East Point
10 15 77
25
1
Buffalo Cr.
Elizabethtown
5 13 77
11
50
50
735
2
1M
4
Tr.N Fk. Elkhorn
Lexington
8 02 77
26
5
95
9,602
2
1M
2
Beargrass Cr
Louisville
9 02 77
11
100
300
3
1
Bays Fk. Cr.
Scottsville
3 17 77
31
100
100
4
Louisiana
Bayou Blue
North Bend
8 07 77
28
1
2M
Texaco Ca.
Paradis
2 18 77
25
40
60
35
2
5M
Patout Ca.
Patoutville
10 17 77
22
1
5M
Bayou Pierre
Shreveport
7 21 77
31
100
1,000
3
1M
Duachita A
Sterlington
8 17 77
43
25
75
700
4
2M
Minors Ca.
Theriot
7 20 77
50
13
87
61
30
4
5M
4
1
24
62
-------
Body of water
City or town
Date
Cause 1
see
code
page
Type of fish killed
Percent Percent
game non
Percent
kill with
commer
cial
value
Estimated
fish
killed
Severity 2
see
code
page
Estimated
miles or
acres
aFfected 3
page
Duration
Days Mrs
game
Maryland
W. Br. & Marsh Run
Hagerstown
7 21 77
26
2
98
7,727
1
5M
1
Southern Hs PD
Oakland
3 24 77
50
100
725
1
1A
Preachers PD
Odenton
2 24 77
50
100
15,252
2
1A
Mid Patuxent A.
Savage
9 03 77
24
1
99
42,550
1
8M
1
LI Falis-Gunpwdr
White Hall
7 14 77
23
100
19,620
2
5M
Massachusetts
Housatonic R
Dalton
6 30 77
23
1
99
100
4
Michigan
Borrow Pit
Rothbury
6 07 77
11
100
50
1
1A
2
Minnesota
Mississippi R
Bemidji
2 21 77
31
96
4
53,024
2
5M
2
Sleepy Eye Cr
Corden
7 31 77
13
56
44
34
3
4M
2
E. Fk. Cedar R.
Hayfield
6 18 77
42
80
20
200
3
6M
3
Silver La
Hutchinson
5 16 77
31
100
2
150A
2
S. Fk. Crow A.
Hutchinson
5 13 77
31
25
75
50
4
1M
1
Tr N. Br. Whitewtr
Plainview
8 17 77
31
100
100
4
12
Missouri
102 River
Arkoe
2 08 77
31
10
90
2,000
1
6M
5
Bevier La
Bevier
5 08 77
21
98
2
168
3
6A
Unnamed Lake
Bevier
5 06 77
31
80
20
200
2
5A
7
S Grand R
Clinton
2 20 77
31
40
1M
Bonne Femme Cr
Fayette
1 10 77
31
1
6M
7
Lt Cr & Joachim
Festus
11 03 77
44
40
60
67,508
1
4M
3
Calico Cr.
Fletcher
9 06 77
44
40
60
62,589
1
5M
2
JoachumCr.
Horine
11 0977
44
60
40
810
3
3M
7
Honey Cr.
Marionville
2 22 77
31
50
50
100
1
7M
7
102 River
Maryvulle
2 08 77
31
9
91
1,175
2
6M
Rick Cr
Rock Creek
7 18 77
31
4,989
2
1M
Flat Cr
Sedalia
1 24 77
31
60
40
1
2M
5
S. Dry Sac A
Springfield
7 31 77
31
1,400
2
1M
Nebraska
Harlan Co. Res
Alma
7 20 77
31
100
1,500
3
3,000A
Rock Cr.
Ceresco
4 28 77
42
1
99
125,894
1
15M
2
Maple Cr. Wtrshed
Clarkson
6 01 77
11
200
4
15A
Roman Lech PD
Elyria
5 04 77
11
100
4
1A
R. Janing Farm PD
Geneva
5 25 77
11
35
3
1A
Carskadon PD
Genoa
6 01 77
11
100
3
1OA
Ed Vecker PD
Norfolk
5 23 77
11
99
1
150
2
1A
Carter La.
Omaha
5 26 77
50
2
Carter La
Omaha
7 27 77
31
3,500
4
150A
Van Kerg Sand Pt.
Silver Cr
7 20 77
11
3,000
2A
Nisheara R.
Spencer
7 25 77
35
20,482
2
1M
Republican A
Superior
6 05 77
50
1
99
1,671
4
24M
1
New MexIco
Red A
Questa
30877 21 100
2,220
1
3M 30
63
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Appendix DContinued
Body of water
City or town
Date
Cause 1
see
Typeof fish killed
Percent
kill with
Estimated
lish
Severity 2
see
Estimated
miles or
Duration
code
page
Percent
game
Percent
non
coinimer
cial
value
killed
code
page
acies
affected 3
page
Days
i -irs
game
New York
Ledge Cr
Alabama
8 20 77
28
100
750
3
2M
1
Second Cr
Alton
8 22 77
22
100
50
3
1M
1
E Br Sandy Cr
HoIley
5 19 77
42
South Br.
Lackawanna
9 12 77
31
100
5,000
1
1M
1
Reservoir Br
Morris
7 15 77
23
5
95
500
1
1M
4
Genesee R
Rochester
5 18 77
31
100
500
4
1M
1
Skaneateles Cr
Skaneateles Fal
6 14 77
24
90
10
100
1M
3
Salmon Cr
Sodus Center
5 19 77
11
100
400
3
1M
12
Green Gulf Br
Springwater
8 11 77
33
90
10
500
3
1M
1
W. Br Tioughnioga
Tully
6 29 77
28
100
10,000
1
1M
1
Mill Cr & Trib
Webster
8 23 77
28
100
1,500
2
Tr-Mill Cr
Webster
5 17 77
28
100
1,000
2
2M
1
North Carolina
M J. Weeks PD
Fayetteville
7 11 77
11
780
2
3A
7
Ohio
Ottawa A
Allen Co
12
30
77
24
57
Ottawa A
Allen Co
10
19
77
31
128M
McDougalBr
Athens Co
11
03
77
13
63
Slabcamp Run
Brown Co
4
29
77
12
4,146
Tr-Mill Cr
Butler Co
10
26
77
31
115
Ford Ca-Gr Miami
Butler Co
8
00
77
32
826
Buck Cr
Clark Cc
9
27
77
31
27,903
Shayler Run
Clermont Co
7
18
77
31
313
Shaylor Run
Clermont Co
4
20
77
31
1,837
Shayler Run
Clermont Co
6
17
77
31
2,905
Cowan Cr
Clinton Co
6
20
77
11
1,306
Br Todds Fic.
Clinton Co
4
12
77
12
421
Marsh Cr
Crawford Co.
5
02
77
42
168
Tinkers Cr
Cuyahoga Co
8
05
77
31
200
Painter Cr
Darke Co
7
09
77
50
116
Painter Cr
Darke Co
10
05
77
31
633
Tr Dtch Mill Cr
Erie Co
4
19
77
31
80
Willow Run
Fairfield Co
9
29
77
50
138
L Walnut Cr
Fairfield Co
4
16
77
12
1,472
Tr-Blacklick Cr
Fairfield Co.
11
02
77
31
5
Main Paint Cr
Fayette Co
7
24
77
50
21
Scioto A
Franklin Co
7
22
77
31
7,649
Hebble Cr
Greene Co
5
10
77
50
856
Massie Cr
Greene Co
5
02
77
42
141,497
Shawnee Cr
Greene Co
11
03
77
50
1,457
Tr Salt Fk Cr
Guernsey Co
11
05
77
25
1,327
Muddy Cr
Hamilton Co.
10
15
77
31
9,150
Howard Run
Hancock Co
5
10
77
12
3,306
Tr.Rocky Ford
Hancock Co
4
11
77
41
5
S Br Ten Mile Cr
Hancock Co
4
27
77
44
1,322
Tr-Blanchard R
Hancock Co
3
09
77
44
4
Oil Ditch
Hancock Co
3
18
77
50
3
Gander Run
Hardin Co
8
10
77
50
335
Ditch 462-2
Henry Co
11
09
77
13
4
Van Hyning Cr
Henry Co
7
09
77
50
77,835
64
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klahoma
Big Cabin Cr 2
Twin Oaks Golf P
keleton Cr. 5M 3
oggy Cr. 1
Mill Cr. 1
York La. 12A 1
lisaw Cr. 2M 2
ustang Cr. 1M 1
anadian R 2M 1
S. Logans Farm PD 1OA 1
,ake Cr. 2M 1
uddCr. 1M 2
rOfld 2M
Bird Cr. 1
rm Pd. 2A 1
ackett Cr. 4M 2
.armpd. 1
Tr Clear Cr 2M 1
Iver La. 7A 1
3odyo lwater Cityortown Date Cause 1
Typeoflishkilled
Percent
Estimated
Severity 2
E,ilinated Duration
see
kill wilti
l Sh
see
fliIc s or
code
page
Percent
Percent
commer
cial
killed
Code
page
a ros
allecte&
Days
Hrs
game
non
game
value
.
Page
Sugar Cr.
Holmes Co
6 22 77
22
12
enter Run
Knox Co
11 01 77
22
enter Run
Knox Co
5 25 77
50
1,562
Erie
Lake Co.
11 03 77
35
581
Duck Cr
Lucas Co
9 12 77
44
616,559
r.Bradford Run
Madison Co.
4 21 77
50
5,513
lngsbury Cr.
Meigs Co
6 01 77
21
75
121
leaver Cr
MercerCo
11 13 77
50
Brush Cr
Miami Co.
8 09 77
13
15
ainiers Cr
Miami Co
5 22 77
50
4,553
ir Miami R
Montgomery Co.
7 20 77
35
48
600
r.Big Olive Cr
Morgan Co
4 23 77
25
215
Hargus Cr
Pickaway Co.
6 14 77
42
rookedCr
Pike Co.
808 77
31
r-Paint Cr
Preble Co.
5 16 77
11
197
lUcks Br
Preble Co
5 12 77
12
1,548
Tr-Beaver Cr
Putnam Co
9 07 77
13
8,000
Thley Cr.
Putnam Co.
7 09 77
31
13,130
36
ugar Cr.
Putnam Co.
3 09 77
12
8,732
r-Toby Run
Richland Co
10 16 77
25
3
Neason Ditch
Sandusky Co
6 22 77
50
838
r Miami A
Shelby Co
7 05 77
31
128,171
okes Cr
Union Co.
9 27 77
13
ifirmary Ditch
Union Co
7 17 77
50
32
24
Gr. Miami R.
Warren Co
8 04 77
23
200
leasant Valley
Warren Co.
10 28 77
42
673
Apple Cr
Wayne Co.
7 14 77
13
400
r Klllbuck Cr
Wayne Co
12 21 77
44
80
Shreve Cr.
Wayne Co.
11 77
44
3,563
Taylor Run
Wyandot Co
10 26 77
12
13,810
Big Cabin
2 02 77
31
Duncan
5 18 77
50
2
Enid
6 06 77
12
4
Enid
6 15 77
31
19,400
2
Fittstown
4 22 77
25
4
Guthrie
4 15 77
11
100
4
Marble City
11 03 77
24
2,328
701
3
Mustang
2 07 77
31
4
Norman
10 02 77
31
Nowata
4 27 77
12
100
5,000
3
Okmulgee
3 02 77
25
100
4
Oologah
4 08 77
13
100
412
4
Parkins
5 19 77
28
Pawhuska
8 02 77
28
100
1
Pernal
4 11 77
25
60
Rock Island
5 07 77
21
75
25
4
Unton City
10 12 77
25
2,075
2
Valltant
5 04 77
23
4
Warr Acres
4 29 77
28
342
3
65
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Appendix D Continued
Tennessee
Harris Cr.
Lt. Chatata Cr.
Big Bigby Cr.
Greenlick Cr.
M Fk. Forked Deer
Bradley Co.
Cleveland
Columbia
Columbia
Crockett Co.
81377 13 3 97
80477 31 10 90
90577 24 100
42977 24 100
50677 24
14,251
2,208
3,863
282
1M 2
2M 2
2M .2
1M 2
Body of water
City or town
Date
Cause 1
see
Type of fish kilted
Percent
kiti with
Estimated
fish
Severity 2
sea
Estimated Duration
mites or
Code
page
Percent
game
Percent
non
commer
cial
value
kitted
code
page
acres
affected 3 Days Hr
page
game
Oregon
Ashland & Bear C
Ashland
4 12 77
31
100
1
1M 2
Oregon Cr.Rogue
Grants Pass
8 01 77
11
18
72
238,600
2
1OM 2
Odell Cr.
Hood River
3 30 77
11
100
100
1
2M 1
Ash Cr.
Independence
7 05 77
31
10
90
600
2
1M 1
Johnson Cr.
Portland
4 23 77
24
50
50
50
1
5M 5
S. Fk. Coquille R
Powers
8 03 77
42
100
200
4
2A 7
Claggett Cr.
Salem
7 23 77
31
100
1,000
3
1M 1
Evans Cr.
Wimer
3 15 77
42
100
7
4
5M 3
Pennsylvania
Mud Run
Adams Co
5 02 77
12
100
4,000
2
1M
Tr.Frankstown Br.
Alexandria
4 29 77
12
5
95
2,072
2
1M
Trout Cr.
Allentown
8 04 77
33
25
75
58
2
1M
Conewagu Cr.
Arendtsville
8 30 77
31
3
97
8,278
2
1M
Monongahela R
Braddock
8 03 77
24
1
99
200,752
2
1OM
Tr.Stony Run
Derry Twp
10 20 77
25
100
1,000
2
1M
Cedar Run
East Earl
10 04 77
28
100
2,800
1
1M
lndianatown Gap A
E. Hanover
6 13 77
50
50
50
288
1
1M
Ridley Cr.
Eddystone
5 18 77
24
5
95
4,411
2
2M
Lelberts Cr.
Emmaus
9 12 77
50
1
99
3,424
2
1M
Swabia Cr
Macungie
5 21 77
12
5
95
338
2
1M
Daniels Run
Marianna
4 28 77
21
100
14
4
2M
Wyomissing Cr
Mohnton
9 22 77
31
100
5,500
3
1M
Trout Run
New Garden
4 25 77
42
5
95
2,836
1
2M
Oil Cr.
Penn Twp
5 21 77
31
4
96
43,168
1
6M
Tub Mill Run
St. Clair Twp
9 23 77
50
100
1,000
2
1M
Allen Cr.
Seven Springs
1 06 77
31
100
50
4
2M
Lehigh R
Slatington
8 21 77
26
1
99
65,340
2
2M
Coxes Cr.
Somerset
8 28 77
31
100
50
2
5M
Tr-Buftalo Cr.
Taylorstown
8 30 77
22
5
95
17,437
1
1M 1
Sugar Camp Run
Washington Twp
12 28 77
25
100
200
2
1M
Long Run
Wayne
5 22 77
42
100
3,230
1
2M
Cowane Sque R
Westfield
6 23 77
28
14,782
2
3M
E Br. Brandywine
W. Nantmeal
7 21 77
13
100
1,193
2
1M
Whiteley Cr.
Whiteley Twp
6 30 77
13
15
85
1,826
2
1M
Rhode Island
Pawcatuck R
Westerly
7 20 77
28
1
99
5,000
2
2M
South Carolina
Sanders Br.
Hampton
6 01 77
41
95
5
1
3M
Black Cr.
Hartsvllle
7 21 77
23
50
50
- -
17,821
2
12M 2
Farm Pond
Williamston
6 26 77
12
50
50
100
4
3A
South Dakota
Rapid Cr.
Rapid City
6 15 77
33
50
50
4,000
2
1M 1 7
2
4
3
66
-------
Body of water
City or town
Date
Cause 1
see
Type of fish killed
Percent
kill with
Estimated
fish
Severity 2
see
Estimated
miles or
Duration
code
page
Percent
game
Percent
non
commer
cial
value
killed
code
page
acres
affected 3
page
Days Hrs
game
Town Cr.
Gallatin
9 21 77
42
1
99
17116
2
2M
3
Reelfoot La.
Tiptonville
8 22 77
50
18
82
9,212
3
50A
2
Laurel Cr.
Laurel Bloomery
9 22 77
50
1
99
4,718
2
1
Big Rock Cr.
Marshal Co.
5 30 77
31
2
98
34,821
2
2M
2
Lelpers Cr.
Maury Co.
9 29 77
42
37
63
595
2
IM
1
Loosahatchie R
Memphis
5 29 77
24
50
50
6,999
2
1M
3
Whuttemore Cr.
Nashville
7 12 77
33
100
219
4
1M
2
Stringers Br.
Red Bank
11 19 77
42
1
99
57,085
2
1M
1
Duck R
Shelbyville
9 16 77
31
33
67
2,965
3
3M
3
Trace Cr.
Waverly
1 11 77
31
5
95
2,108
2
2
Texas
Halls Bayou
Brazoria Co.
7 77
11
1,000
Cooper Cr.
Denton Co.
6 77
31
100
Hideaway Cr.
El Paso Co.
8 25 77
11
1,000
Halls Bayou
Galveston Co.
6 77
11
60
West Bay
Galveston Co.
5 77
25
1,000
Choctaw Cr
Grayson Co.
5 27 77
28
24
Clear La
Harris Co.
4 77
31
150
Rice Canal
Harris Co.
4 77
11
100
Lake Granbury
Hood Co.
5 77
31
100
Private Lake
Liberty Co.
6 77
11
1,000
Lake Lbj
Liano Co.
7 77
11
1,100
Brady Cr.
McCullouch Co.
5 77
28
1,100
Lanana Bayou
Silver La.
Nacogdoches Co.
Van Zandt Co.
6 21 77
1 25 77
31
25
1,600
100
Brushy Cr.
Williamson Co.
7 77
31
1,000
Utah
Daniels Cr.
Heber
4 01 77
42
38
62
1,389
1
2M
2
Vermont
Furnace Br.
Bennington
7 06 77
33
33
67
9,500
2
2M
2
Virginia
Lt. Beaver Cr.
Campbell Co.
5 16 77
13
100
4
1M
Crab Cr.
Christlansburg
3 15 77
11
10
90
18,113
1
7M
3
Old Town Cr.
Colonial Hghts
6 07 77
31
5
95
311
3
1M
1
Beaverdam Cr.
Damascus
8 02 77
28
5
95
150
2
1M
1
Beaverdam Cr.
Damascus
7 05 77
28
5
95
1,755
2
1M
1
Ouantlco Cr.
Dumfries
1 11 77
35
1
99
80,240
1M
8
Crooks Br.
Fairfax
4 04 77
2M
Turkey Run
Fairfax Co.
3 01 77
50
100
5
3
1M
12
Trlpps Run
Fairfax Co.
4 09 77
24
30
70
2,346
2
1M
Jackson R
Monterey
11 14 77
11
15
85
10,000
2
9M
10
Piney R & lye R
Nelson Co.
8 23 77
21
50
50
8,808
2
9M
1
Piney R & lye A
Nelson Co.
7 10 77
21
8
92
73.056
2
Occoquan Res.
Occoquan
6 19 77
33
95
5
13,804
2
Hdwtrs. Tomahawk
Orange Co.
7 08 77
25
50
50
503
2
2A
15
Tract Fork
Pulaski
5 12 77
31
5
95
1M
Klngsland Cr.
Richmond
4 30 77
50
50
1,231
1
2M
1
Upham Br.
Richmond
10 00 77
31
5
95
1,639
2
2M
2
Carvlns Cr.
Roanoke
4 20 77
24
30
70
8,000
2
1M
2
N. Fk. Shenandoah
T,mberv llle
7 07 77
22
10
90
4
1M
2
67
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Appendix DContinued
CODES
CAUSE
A Agricultural Operations
11 Poisons (Pesticides, etc)
12 Fertilizers
13 Manure Drainage Ensulage Liquors
or Feediot Operations
14 Handling of Equipment and Containers
B Industrial Operations
21 Mining
22 Food & Kindred Products
23 Paper & Allied Products
24 Chemicals
25 Petroleum
26 Metals
26 Other
81 Testiles
62 Leather and Leather Products
63 Rubber and Plastics
64 Lumber and Wood Products
85 Sand and Gravel Washing
2SEVERITY
1 Complete
2 Heavy
3 Moderate
4 Light
C Municipal Operations
31 Sewerage System
32 Refuse Disposal
33 Water System
34 Swimming Pool
35 Power (Public Service)
36 Pest Control
0 Transportation Operations
41 Rail
42 Pipeline
43 TrucK
44 Air
45 Barge or Boat
E Miscellaneous Operations
50 Other
51 Construction
52 Service Operations
53 Custodial Facilities
3ESTIMATED MILES OR ACRES AFFECTED
A = Acres
M = Miles
Bodyof water
-
Cityortown
Date
Cause 1
see
Typeoiflshkilled
Percent
kill with
Eslimated
tish
Severity 2
see
Estimated Duration
miles or
code
page
Percent
game
Percent
non
commer
Cal
value
killed
code
page
acres
aflecled 3
page
Days
Hrs
game
Scopus Marsh
Va Beach
5 12 77
13
100
1M
1
Contrary Cr
Wares Crossroad
11 09 77
21
100
3A
Sulfur Spring Rn.
Winchester
12 15 77
42
100
200
4
1M
14
Opequon Cr.
Winchester
10 05 77
31
10
90
16,933
2
7M
1
Washington
Cowichee Cr
Naches
4 16 77
11
2
3M
Cowlitz R
Packwood
1 11 77
25
75
25
13
4
EnnisCr
Port Angeles
729 77
24
100
100
200
2
1M
2
EnnisCr
Port Angeles
507 77
24
100
100
500
2
1M
2
Sarvinski Slough
Saginaw
2 06 77
13
22
78
100
2
5A
Thornton Cr.
Seattle
4 30 77
25
97
3
10,000
2
2M
2
Leach Cr.
Takoma
5 12 77
31
4
Deschutes A
Tumwater
4 16 77
24
97
3
4,511
1
2M
2
West Virginia
Mill Cr
KanawhaCo.
623 77
44
1
99
995
1M
1
Island Cr.
Monaville
8 15 77
44
30
70
100
1M
1
L Fk Stillwater
Parkersburg
6 06 77
44
5
95
396
1M
1
Lt Stillwell Cr.
Parkersburg
9 07 77
25
1
99
468
4
1M
1
Berry Run
Parkersburg
8 30 77
31
1
99
856
3
1M
2
Md. Fk Pocatalico
Parkersburg
9 23 77
44
1
99
1,174
2M
5
Armour Cr
Putnam Co.
9 27 77
31
1
99
100
1M
Wolfpen Cr
Rainelle
9 25 77
42
10
90
46,780
1
1M
2
Tannery Run
St Marys
8 04 77
25
33
64
67
4
1M
1
Wisconsin
Greenfield Pk Lg
West Allis
7 24 77
50
60
40
200
3
7A
3
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Appendix E
Report of Fish Kills 1977
Cause Not
Specifically Identified
Florida
ens Bay Bayous
uif of Mexico
lulatto Bayou
Mulat Bayou
scambia Bay
I. Andrews Bay
rtiflcial Ca
Jamestn Golf Ca.
manibel A
anibel R
Gulf Breeze
Gulf IS Nat Sea
Mulat
Pace
Pace
Panama City
Port Charlotte
Sanibel Island
Sanibel Island
Sanibel Island
8 20 77
2 25 77
3 22 77
9 15 77
8 09 77
4 11 77
8 23 77
10 06 77
10 06 77
10 06 77
95 95 24,000
3
100 35,000
99 50,000
100 75 150
100 5,000
6
100 100
100
50 300
2 30A
3 1M
2 50A
4 1M
4
4 7A
4 2A
2 3A
Bodyof water
Cityortown
Date
Typeottishkulle
Percent
Estimated
Severity 1
Estimated
Duration
Percent
game
Percent
non
kill wilh
commer
Cial
fish
killed
see
code
page
miles or
acres
affecled 2
Days
Hrs
game
value
page
Alabama
W. Fowl R
Alabama Port
7 28 77
100
Wheeler Res
Decatur
11 02 77
80
20
4
1M
Industrial Ship Ca.
Theodore
8 08 77
100
2
8A
1
Mobile Bay
Theodore
9 16 77
100
18
3
4
1M
California
Carqulne Strait
Benlcla
7 19 77
85
15
2
Owens R
Bishop
9 13 77
100
50
5M
B Canal
Blythe
9 19 77
80
20
200
4
1M
Canal W. Lat. S.
Blythe
9 19 77
10
90
600
3
E Canal
Blythe
9 19 77
25
75
700
3
Los Angeles R
Burbank
8 31 77
85
15
800
2
Irrigation Ca.
Calexico
11 01 77
100
1M
1
Lake Hughes
Castaic
8 14 77
100
1,000
2
1M
1
Eutte Creek
Colusa
7 11 77
3
2047
Colusa
7 11 77
65
35
550
9,000
2
3
3M
Elsinore
Elsinore
6 24 77
80
20
4M
) 0 Channel
Garden Grove
4 09 77
100
3
2
3anJoaquinR
Grayson
81977
50
50
2,000
Calif. Aqueduct
Hesperia
8 18 77
100
200
4
1M
1
ern Ca
Holtville
6 22 77
95
5
1M
Drain Ditch
Imperial
2 09 77
1
99
300
3
2
irain Ditch #2
Imperial
2 11 77
50
50
35
3
Rice Drain #3
Imperial Co.
1 28 77
100
40
3
lalton Sea
lndio
8 06 77
1
99
4,000,000
2
reen Valley La.
Lake Arrowhead
6 17 77
100
30
3
1
12
alif. Aqueduct
Mettler
11 14 77
98
2
2,200
2
3
Salton Sea Rec.
Niland
2 23 77
90
10
5M
1
lamo A
Niland
8 18 77
40
60
2
2A
;alton Sea
North Shore
2 22 77
5
95
30,000
lose Valley La
Ojai
4 30 77
100
300
3
3M
2
Salton Sea
State Park
4 19 77
100
5A
3
ail La.
Temecula
8 18 77
100
2,000
2
Delaware
idian A & Bay
Millsboro
6 15 77
8,591,912
2
led Mill Pd.
Nassau
4 28 77
72
28
109
4
1OA
2
5
100
1
100
100
50
3
4
2
2
2
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Appendix E Continued
Body of water
City or town
Date
Type of fish kIlled
Percent
kill with
commer
cial
value
Estimated
fish
killed
Severity 1
see
code
page
Estimated
mites or
acres
affected 2
page
Duration
Days
Hrs
Percent
game
Percent
non,
game
Georgia
2
1M
2
Ailatoona Cr.
Acworth
9 27 77
100
2
2M
2
Ailatoona Cr.
Acworth
7 24 77
50
50
7,000
4
3M
N. Oconee A
Athens
2 10 77
1
99
200
1M
3
Graham Cr.
Calhoun
8 11 77
20
80
2,000
4
1M
1
Tr. Cedar Cr.
Cedartown
11 08 77
10
90
100
4
3A
4
C 0 Steele La.
Statham
9 22 77
100
550
1M
Snaptinger Cr.
Stone Mountain
6 13 77
95
150
2
5A
4
Stone Mt. Park Pd.
Stone MountaIn
12 05 77
88
12
1,400
4
5A
4
Stone Mt. Park La.
Stone Mountain
12 05 77
77
23
300
2M
4
Stone Mt. Cr.
Stone Mountain
12 05 77
84
16
50
2
1M
Mud. Cr.
Vaidosta
6 06 77
43
57
125
3M
12
Oconee R
Watklnsviiie
4 22 77
70
30
120
3
Hawaii
Kuiui Stream
Honolulu
1 09 77
75
25
75
100
3
1M
2
Kawainul Dran Ca.
Kailua
5 14 77
4
3
Nuupia Pd.
Kaneohe
3 27 77
1
99
1
3,500
2
illinois
Sangamon R
Decatur
7 4 77
14
86
3
9,198
2
4M
1
indiana
Cicero Cr.
Arcadia
6 19 77
100
100
2
6M
1
White A
Clare
7 06 77
100
200
4
1M
1
Maumee A
Ft. Wayne
8 05 77
100
400
4
3A
Springwood La.
Richmond
2 03 77
70
30
4,570
iowa
Prairie Cr-Cedar
Cedar Bapids
4 16 77
100
4,100
3
4
3M
Iowa H impoundmt.
Iowa Fails
7 09 77
Kansas
Republican A
Concordia
6 06 77
25
75
100,000
2
55M
24
White Rock Cr.
Republic
4 01 77
20
80
8,000
2
2
Verdigris A
Toronto
5 15 77
25
75
25,000
Kentucky
Beargrass Cr.
Louisville
8 29 77
2
98
3
3M
1
Maryland
Carroll Cr
Frederick
6 27 77
100
419
3
1M
Sligo Cr.
Silver Spring
7 28 77
100
182
4
1M
New Hampshire
Mascoma A
Lebanon
8 31 77
5
95
4,500
2
2M
2
Cocheco R
Rochester
8 12 77
100
200
4
New York
Hopkins Cr. Newfane 8 04 77 100 100 1M 4
Tr-Shipbuiiders Webster 5 01 77 100 1,000 2 1M 1
70
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Oregon
hnson Cr.
inno Cr.
Pennsylvania
Chartlers Cr.
nnypack Cr.
.. eds Dam
Lt. Mahantango Cr.
ode island
)onasquatucket
3 2M
2 5M
4 5A
2 1M
odyol water
City or town
Date
.
Type 01 fish killed
Percent
kill with
Estimated
fish
Severity 1
Estimated
Duration
Percent
game
Percent
non.
commer
Cial
value
killed
see
code
page
miles or
acres
affected 2
Days
Hrs
game
page
North Carolina
Thpes Pd
Dunn
7 22 77
900
4
150A
Bowels Pd.
Rockingham
10 02 77
300
3
2A
2
North Dakota
ames A
Dickey
6 16 77
25
75
12,500
3
15M
4
hio
Gr. Miami A
Butler Co.
9 01 77
500
ck Run Cr.
Clinton Co.
6 22 77
619
reenvilie Cr
Darke Co.
7 23 77
56
Blacklick Cr.
Fairfield Co.
10 13 77
8
Wildman Ditch
Fayette Co.
7 29 77
23
hippewa La.
Medina Co.
5 21 77
80
rush Cr.
Miami Co.
9 23 77
38
-Gr Miami R
Miami Co.
8 12 77
3,613
Gr. Miami R
Montgomery Co.
1 03 77
480
I r Miami R
Montgomery Co.
8 08 77
54
.N Br. Kokosing
Morrow Co.
5 23 77
90
ur Miie Cr.
Prebie Co.
8 16 77
114
Mlii Cr.
Union Co.
7 17 77
281
kiahoma
mt Cr.
Rogers
7 25 77
4
1
rarm Pd.
Lindsay
7 20 77
1
Big Skin Bayou
Muidrow
5 31 77
3
1M
kansas A
Muskogee
4 18 77
250
4
1
,spital Pd.
Norman
9 07 77
2
4
1M
2
r Canadian A
Oklahoma City
7 29 77
95
5
1
Farm Pd.
Seminole
10 28 77
1A
1
iep Fork A
Stroud
2 02 77
100
18M
1
it Cr.
Strowd
11 17 77
15
4
1M
1
Portland
Tigard
21977 1 99
11077 1 99
- 1,200
- 200
McMurray
2 23
77
100
PhiladelphIa 5 10
fl
100
1,321
Sykesville 4 26
77
100
181
Uppr Mahantango 8 06
77
90
20
80
700
3 1M I
2 2M 1
Oineyville
8 02 77 10 90 1,500
1 2M
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Appendix EContinued
Body of water
City or town
Date
Type of fish killed
.,
Percent
kilt with
commer
cial
value
Estimated
fish
killed
Severity 1
see
code
page
Estimated
miles or
acres
affected 2
page
Duration
Daye
Hra
Percent
game
Percent
non
game
Texas
Hurricane Cr.
Anderson Co.
9 26 77
1,000
Nolan Cr.
Bell Co.
5
77
2,000
Meridian Cr.
Bosque Co
7 77
1,000
La-of-the-Pines
Cass Co.
10 16 77
1,000
Brady Cr.
McCullouch Co.
5 77
8,100
La-of-the-Pines
Morris Co.
11 16 77
150
Trinity R
Navarro Co.
6 06 77
1,000
Elm Cr.
Runnels Co.
6 30 77
100
Onion Cr.
Travis Co.
5
77
500
West Virginia
Lt. Sandy Cr.
Kanawha Co.
7 10 77
1
99
5,800
2
2M
Kanawha Two-Mile
Kanawha Co.
5 27 77
2
98
173
2M
Wyoming
Louis La.
Lander
7 13 77
2
98
118
4
P0 P0 Agie R
Lander
3 08 77
10
90
3
3M
CODES
SEVERITY
I Complete
2 Heavy
3 Moderate
4 Light
3EST IMATES MILES OR ACRES AFFECTED
A Acres
M . Muss
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