The water is cold and clear. There is a succession of fast and slow flowing areas, influenced mostly by rocks and to a lesser extent, human-placed log dams. The stream's discharge varies depending on precipitation. Measurements of stream height can be observed before Beecher Creek flows under Broadway. The next day, during a period of heavy rainfall, the height of the stream measured at fifty centimeters.
Stream flow can be quite inconsistent.
This is a salmon-bearing stream. Under rocks in the stream channel, two species of small white invertebrates were observed. The smaller specimen was from one to two millimeters wide and seemed to be an aquatic insect. The larger organism had many legs and parallel grooves across its back. The vegetation lining the channel contributes many leaves and other forms of large particulate organic matter.