KDHE Confirmed Zebra Mussel Waterbodies

Revised July 2019

Confirmed: Adult or juvenile mussels have been discovered (live or expired) in

waterbody for the first time and positively identified by eyesight.

Threatened: Waterbody at high risk to become infested with zebra mussels via

the dispersal (passive or active transport) of the zebra mussel veliger (pre-shell

microscopic larval stage).

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Veliger

Lake/Reservoir Name Month/Year Confirmed

El Dorado Lake August 2003

Cheney Reservoir August 2004

Winfield City Lake December 2006

Perry Lake October 2007

Lake Afton July 2008

Marion Lake July 2008

Wilson Lake October 2009

Milford Reservoir November 2009

Council Grove City Lake June 2010

Jeffery Energy Center Lakes May 2011

Council Grove Reservoir June 2011

Melvern Reservoir June 2011

Kanopolis Lake October 2011

Coffey County Lake (Wolf Creek Lake) July 2012

John Redmond Reservoir August 2012

Chase State Fishing Lake September 2012

Wyandotte County Lake October 2012

Lake Shawnee August 2013

Glen Elder Reservoir (Waconda Lake) September 2013

Lake Wabunsee September 2013

Clinton Lake October 2013

Pomona Lake October 2014

Lake Miola- Paola May 2015

Wellington City Lake June 2015

Hillsdale Lake June 2016

Cedar Bluff Lake August 2016

Osage State Fishing Lake April 2017

Tuttle Creek Lake August 2017

Geary State Fishing Lake December 2017

Lyon County State Fishing Lake July 2019

Stream/River Name Month/Year Confirmed

Missouri River near Kansas City, Kansas May 2001

Walnut River near Gordon August 2004

Walnut River near Ark City November 2005

Kansas River near Lawrence September 2009

Kansas River near Desoto September 2009

Ninnescah River near Belle Plaine September 2009

Kansas River near Lecompton August 2011

Kansas River near Topeka May 2012

Kansas River near Wamego June 2012

Walnut River near El Dorado July 2013

Cottonwood River near Emporia August 2014

Neosho River near Neosho Rapids August 2014

Neosho River near Leroy August 2014

Marais Des Cygnes River at Ottawa August 2015

Neosho River near Humboldt September 2016

Marais Des Cygnes River at MO State Line June 2017