Farmers Creek suffered from
fish kills in 1997 and 1998. The 1997 event killed 133,000 fish while the 1998 event killed 4,264. In 2005, the
Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District launched a five-year watershed project. With cooperation from farmers and landowners, protective measures for the stream were installed. In 2008, the
Environmental Protection Agency designated it for A1 primary contact recreation use and BWW2 warmwater aquatic life. Farmers Creek was delisted from the list of Impaired Waters in 2022 through the improvement of its
biological integrity. == References ==