What We Do Palouse Watershed Education Calendar of Events Get Involved About Us Store WHAT IS A WATERSHED No matter where you live or play, you're in a watershed! So what is it? A watershed is an area of land where all the water (surface and groundwater) flows to the lowest point - usually a stream, lake or river. Watersheds come in all shapes and sizes. They cross county, state, and national boundaries. In the continental US, there are 2,110 watersheds; including Hawaii Alaska, and Puerto Rico, there are 2,267 watersheds. This description of a watershed was taken from the US EPA “What is a Watershed” website: http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/whatis.html We refer to watersheds by their proper name as well as by a grouping of numbers. This set of numbers is called the watershed's Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) also known as the watershed address. The HUC can range from 2 to 16 digits long - more numbers means it’s the address of a smaller watershed. There are two different watersheds within the Palouse Conservation District: HUC: 17060107- Lower Snake-Tucannon Rivers and streams that make up the Lower Snake-Tucannon Watershed: Wawawai Creek Steptoe Creek HUC: 17060108-Palouse Rivers and stream that make up the Palouse Watershed: Main Stem Palouse River (Union Flat Creek Subwatershed) Dry Creek Thorn Creek South Fork Palouse River Missouri Flat Creek Paradise Creek Fourmile Creek Sunshine Creek North Fork Palouse River Silver Creek Clear Creek Duffield Creek Cedar Creek 1615 NE Eastgate Blvd. Suite H Pullman, WA 99163 Phone: 509-332-4101 PalouseCD@PalouseCD.org Subscribe to our Newsletter