Streams
Stream Name | Quadrangle Name and Size | Legal Description | |
(1) | Beaver Creek | Kapowsin 15 | From an approximate point near the center of (Sec.35, T16N, R5E) downstream to the mouth at Mashel River (Sec.21, T16N, R5E). |
(2) | Busy Wild Creek | Kapowsin 15 | From the confluence of Busy Wild Creek and unnamed creek (Sec.10, T15N, R6E) downstream to mouth at Mashel River (Sec.25, T16N, R5E). |
(3) | Carbon River | Mowich Lake 7 1/2 Enumclaw 15 Golden Lakes 7 1/2 Wilkeson 7 1/2 Orting 7 1/2 Sumner 7 1/2 | From the Mount Rainier National Park boundary (Sec.35, T18N, R7E) downstream to mouth at the Puyallup River. (Sec.13, T19N, R4E). |
(4) | Chambers Creek | Steilacoom 7 1/2 | From outflow of Steilacoom Lake (Sec.34, T20N, R2E) downstream to mouth at Chambers Bay and Puget Sound (Sec.29, T20N, R2E). |
(5) | Clarks Creek | Puyallup 7 1/2 | Beginning in the (NE1/4 of the SE1/4 Sec.32, T20N, R4E), downstream to mouth at Puyallup River (Sec.15, same township). |
(6) | Clearwater River | Enumclaw 15 | From the Snoqualmie National Forest boundary (Sec.34, T19N, R8E) downstream to mouth at the White River (Sec.7, T19N, R8E). |
(7) | Clover Creek | Tacoma South 15 Spanaway 7 1/2 Tacoma South 7 1/2 Steilacoom 7 1/2 Frederickson 7 1/2 | From the intersection of Clover Creek and railroad (Sec.25, T19N, R3E) downstream to Steilacoom Lake (Sec.3, T19N, R2E). Delete federal lands. |
(8) | Evans Creek | Kapowsin 15 | From the east line of (Sec.11, T17N, R6E) downstream to mouth at Carbon River (Sec.35, T18N, R6E). |
(9) | Gale Creek | Enumclaw 15 Wilkeson 7 1/2 | From an approximate point near the center of the (NE1/4 of SW1/4 of NE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec.13, T18N, R6E) downstream to mouth at Wilkeson Creek (Sec.34, T19N, R6E). |
(10) | Greenwater River | Lester 15 Greenwater 15 | From the Snoqualmie National Forest boundary (Sec.31, T19N, R11E) downstream on the left shore only to the mouth at White River (Sec.4, T19N, R9E). Exclude federal lands. |
(11) | Little Mashel River | Kapowsin 15 Eatonville 7 1/2 | From the confluence of the Little Mashel River and unnamed creek (Sec.30, T16N, R5E) downstream to Mashel River (Sec.22, T16N, R4E). |
(12) | Lynch Creek | Kapowsin 15 Tanwax Lake 7 1/2 | From an approximate point on the west line of (SE1/4 of NE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec.17, T16N, R5E) downstream to mouth at Ohop Creek (Sec.10, T16N, R4E). |
(13) | Mashel River | Kapowsin 15 Eatonville 7 1/2 | From the confluence of Mashel River and unnamed creek (Sec.18, T16N, R6E) downstream to mouth at Nisqually River (Sec.29, T16N, R4E). |
(14) | Milky Creek | Enumclaw 15 | From an approximate point near the NW corner of the (NE1/4 of SE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec.34, T19N, R8E) downstream to the mouth at the Clearwater River (same section). |
(15) | Minter Creek | Burley 7 1/2 Fox Island 7 1/2 | From the confluence of Minter Creek and Huge Creek (Sec.20, T22N, R1E) downstream to mouth at Carr Inlet (Sec.29, same township). |
(16) | Mowick River | Golden Lakes 7 1/2 Kapowsin 15 | From the Mount Rainier National Park boundary (Sec.33, T17N, R7E) downstream to mouth at Puyallup River (Sec.3, T16N, R6E). |
(17) | Muck Creek | Fort Lewis 7 1/2 | From Fort Lewis Military Reservation boundary (Sec.27, T18N, R2E) downstream through Muck Lake to same boundary (Sec.34, same township). |
(18) | Niesson Creek | Kapowsin 15 | From an approximate point near the NW corner of the (NE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec.4, T16N, R6E) downstream to the Puyallup River (Sec.33, T17N, R6E). |
(19) | Nisqually River* | Randle 15 Mount Wow 7 1/2 Mineral 15 Kapowsin* 15 Eatonville 7 1/2 Bald Hill 7 1/2 Harts Lake 7 1/2 McKenna 7 1/2 Nisqually 7 1/2 | From Snoqualmie National Forest boundary (Sec.33, T15N, R7E) downstream along the north and east shores only, excluding all federal lands to the Fort Lewis Military Reservation (Sec.16, T17N, R2E), from Military Reservation (Sec.5, T18N, R1E) to mouth on Nisqually Reach (Sec.28, T19N, R1E). *Note: The 1,000 cfs MAF point starts at mouth of Mineral Creek (Sec.26, T15N, R5E). |
(20) | Ohop Creek | Kapowsin 15 Orting 7 1/2 | From the confluence of Ohop Creek and unnamed creek (Sec.21, T17N, R5E) downstream through Lake Kapowsin to mouth at Puyallup River (Sec.20, T18N, R5E). |
(21) | Ohop Creek | Tanwax Lake 7 1/2 Eatonville 7 1/2 | From the confluence of Twenty Five Mile Creek and Ohop Creek (Sec.26, T17N, R4E) downstream through Ohop Lake to Kapowsin Creek, thence downstream to mouth at Nisqually River (Sec.25, T16N, R3E). |
*NOTE: (Exclude area from La Grande Dam downstream to power house due to use of aqueduct.) | |||
(22) | Puyallup River* | Mt. Rainier 30 Kapowsin 15 Orting 7 1/2 Sumner* 7 1/2 Puyallup 7 1/2 Tacoma South 7 1/2 Tacoma North 7 1/2 | From the confluence of North and South Forks Puyallup River (Sec.20, T16N, R7E) downstream (excluding all federal lands) to Commencement Bay at Tacoma (Sec.33, T21N, R3E) The 1,000 cfs MAF point begins at mouth of Carbon River (Sec.13, T19N, R4E). |
(23) | Rocky Creek | Vaughn 7 1/2 | From the confluence of Rocky Creek and the unnamed creek (Sec.27, T22N, R1W) downstream to mouth at Rocky Bay (same section). |
(24) | Rushingwater Creek | Golden Lakes 7 1/2 Kapowsin 15 | From the Snoqualmie National Forest boundary (Sec.1, T16N, R6E) downstream to mouth at Mowich River (Sec.2, same township). |
(25) | Sequalitchew Creek | Anderson Island 15 Fort Lewis 7 1/2 Nisqually 7 1/2 | From the Fort Lewis Military Reservation (Sec.25, T19N, R1E) downstream to mouth at Nisqually Reach (Sec.22, same township). |
(26) | South Creek | Ohop Valley 15 Harts Lake 7 1/2 Spanaway 7 1/2 Tanwax Lake 7 1/2 | From the confluence of South Creek and unnamed creek (Sec.8, T17N, R4E) downstream to Fort Lewis Military Reservation boundary (Sec.34, T18N, R3E). |
(27) | South Prairie Creek | Enumclaw 15 Wilkeson 7 1/2 Buckley 7 1/2 Sumner 7 1/2 Orting 7 1/2 | From the Snoqualmie National Forest boundary (Sec.32, T19N, R7E) downstream to mouth at Carbon River (Sec.27, T19N, R5E). |
(28) | Spanaway Creek | Tacoma South 15 Tacoma South 7 1/2 Spanaway 7 1/2 | From the confluence of waters from Spanaway Lake (Sec.20, T19N, R3E) downstream to mouth at Clover Creek (Sec.8, same township). |
(29) | Tanwax Creek | Tanwax Lake 7 1/2 Harts Lake 7 1/2 Bald Hill 7 1/2 | From the confluence of Tanwax Creek and unnamed creek (Sec.31, T17N, R4E) downstream to mouth at the Nisqually River (Sec.20, T16N, R3E). |
(30) | Twenty Five Mile Creek | Kapowsin 15 Tanwax Lake 7 1/2 | From an approximate point near the west line of the (NE1/4 of NW1/4 of SE1/4 of Sec.25, T17N, R4E) downstream to mouth at Ohop Creek (Sec.26, same township). |
(31) | Unnamed Tributary to Mashel River | Kapowsin 15 | From an approximate point near the SW corner of (NE1/4 of Sec.29, T16N, R6E) downstream to mouth at Mashel River (Sec.19, same township). |
(32) | Voight Creek | Kapowsin 15 Wilkeson 7 1/2 Orting 7 1/2 | From the intersection of the west line of (Sec.3, T17N, R6E) and Voight Creek, downstream to mouth at Carbon River (Sec.33, T19N, R5E). |
(33) | White River* | Greenwater* 15 Enumclaw 15 Enumclaw 7 1/2 Auburn 7 1/2 Sumner 7 1/2 Puyallup 7 1/2 Buckley 7 1/2 | From the Snoqualmie National Forest boundary (Sec.36, T19N, R9E) downstream to the King-Pierce County line along County line on southerly shore only to the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation (Sec.2, T20N, R5E) returning from the reservation (Sec.1, T20N, R4E) downstream to mouth at Puyallup River (Sec.26, same township). The 1,000 cfs MAF point begins at mouth of Greenwater River (Sec.4, T19N, R9E). |
(34) | White River (West Fork) | Greenwater 15 | From the Snoqualmie National Forest boundary (Sec.33, T19N, R9E) downstream to mouth at the White River (Sec.23, same township). |
(35) | Wilkeson Creek | Wilkeson 7 1/2 Buckley 7 1/2 | From confluence of Wilkeson Creek and Gale Creek (Sec.34, T19N, R6E) downstream to mouth at South Prairie Creek (Sec.17, same township). |
(36) | North Puyallup River | Mount Wow 7 1/2 | From Mount Rainer National Park boundary (Sec.21, T16N, R7E) downstream to mouth at Puyallup River (Sec.20, T16N, R7E). |
(37) | South Puyallup River | Mount Wow 7 1/2 | From Mount Rainer National Park boundary (Sec.33, T16N, R7E) downstream to mouth at Puyallup River (Sec.20, T16N, R7E). |
Wash. Admin. Code § 173-18-310
Order DE 76-14, § 173-18-310, filed 5/3/76; Order 73-14, § 173-18-310, filed 8/27/73; Order DE 72-13, § 173-18-310, filed 6/30/72.