Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-18 - Shoreline Management Act - Streams and rivers constituting shorelines of the state › Section 173-18-280 - Okanogan County

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Streams
Stream Name
Quadrangle
Name and Size
Legal Description
(1)
Beaver
Creek
Blue Buck Mt.
7 1/2
Twisp East 7 1/2
From the confluence of Beaver Creek and unnamed creek
							 (NE1/4 of NE1/4 Sec.26, T34N, R22E) downstream to mouth at Methow River
							 (Sec.27, T33N, R22E).
(2)
Bonaparte
Creek
Tonasket
15
From the confluence of Bonaparte Creek and Bannon
							 Creek (Sec.32, T37N, R28E) downstream to mouth on Okanogan River near Tonasket
							 (Sec.16, T37N, R27E).
(3)
Chewack
*River
Doe Mt.
* 15
Winthrop 7 1/2
From the Okanogan National Forest boundary (Sec.2,
							 T35N, R21E) downstream to mouth at Methow River (Sec.2, T34N, R21E). The flow
							 exceeds 200 cfs MAF at Okanogan N.F. boundary.
(4)
Columbia
River
(Cont.)*
Grand Coulee
Dam
15
Bridgeport 15
Brewster 15
Wells Dam 7 1/2
Azwell 7 1/2
From the intersection of the Okanogan County line and
							 the Colville Indian Reservation boundary (Sec.18, T30N, R25E) downstream right
							 bank only to Chelan County line (Sec.31, T29N, R24E). The flow exceeds 200 cfs
							 MAF at the Colville Indian Reservation boundary.
(5)
Early
Winters
Creek
Mazama
15
From the Okanogan National Forest boundary line
							 (Sec.23, T29N, R19E) downstream to mouth at Methow River (Sec.27, same
							 township).
(6)
Gold
Creek
Concrete
AMS
Methow 7 1/2
From the confluence of Gold Creek and South Fork Gold
							 Creek (Sec.17, T31N, R22E) downstream to mouth at Methow River (Sec.16, same
							 township).
(7)
Methow
River*
Mazama
15*
Brewster 15
Doe Mtn. 15
Thompson Ridge 15
7 1/2
Winthrop 7 1/2
Blue Buck
Mtn. 7 1/2
Twisp East 7 1/2
Methow 7 1/2
Cooper Mtn. 7 1/2
From the Okanogan National Forest boundary (Sec.6,
							 T36N, R19E) downstream to mouth at the Columbia River (Sec.36, T30N, R23E)
							 excluding all federal lands. The stream flow is 200 cfs MAF at confluence of
							 Methow River and Lost River (Sec.5, T37N, R19E).
(8)
Myers
Creek
Mt. Bonaparte
15
From the confluence of Myers Creek and Mary Ann Creek
							 (Sec.28, T40N, R30E) downstream to the Canadian Border (Sec.3, same
							 township).
(9)
Okanogan
River*
Oroville
* 15
Tonasket 15
Omak Lake 15
Okanogan 15
Bridgeport 15
Conconully 15
From the United States-Canadian Border crossing
							 Osoyoos Lake (Sec.4&5, T40N, R27E) downstream on both shores to Colville
							 Indian Reservation (Sec.6, T34N, R27E) the west shore only to mouth at Columbia
							 River (Sec.18, T30N, R25E), excluding all federal lands. This stream has over
							 200 cfs MAF and over 300 sq. miles of drainage area at United States-Canadian
							 Border.
(10)
Sanpoil
River
(W. Fk.)
Aeneas Valley
15
Aeneas 15
From the confluence of West Fork Sanpoil River and
							 Frosty Creek (Sec.12, T35N, R30E) to the Okanogan National Forest boundary
							 (Sec.22, T35N, R31E).
(11)
Simil-
kameen River*
Loomis
* 15
Oroville 15
From the Canadian Border (Sec.4, T40N, R25E)
							 downstream to mouth at Okanogan River (Sec.9, T39N, R27E) excluding all federal
							 lands. This stream has over 200 cfs MAF and over 300 sq. miles of drainage at
							 Canadian Border.
(12)
Sin-
lahekin
River
(Creek)
Conconully
15
Loomis 15
From the confluence on the Sarsapkin Creek and
							 Sinlahekin Creek (Sec.10, T37N, R25E) downstream to mouth at Palmer Lake
							 (Sec.13, T39N, R25E).
(13)
Toats
Coulee
Creek
Horseshoe Basin
15
Loomis 15
From the confluence of South and Middle Fork Toats
							 Coulee Creek (Sec.35, T39N, R24E) downstream to mouth at Sinlahekin Creek
							 (Sec.35, T39N, R25E).
(14)
Toroda
Creek
Bodie Mt.
15
From the confluence of Beaver Creek and Toroda Creek
							 (Sec.22, T39N, R31E) downstream to the Ferry County line (Sec.25, T40N, R31E)
							 excluding federal lands.
(15)
Twisp
River*
Concrete
AMS
Winthrop* 7 1/2
Twisp West 7 1/2
Twisp East 7 1/2
From the Okanogan National Forest boundary (Sec.10,
							 T33N, R21E) downstream to mouth at Methow River (Sec.8, T33N, R22E). The flow
							 exceeds 200 cfs MAF at Okanogan N.F. boundary.
(16)
Wolf
Creek
Concrete
AMS
Thompson Ridge
7 1/2
Winthrop 7 1/2
From the Okanogan National Forest boundary (Sec.6,
							 T34N, R21E) downstream to mouth at Methow River (Sec.32, T35N, R21E).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  90.58.120 and
				  90.58.200. 88-03-070 (Order DE
				  87-45), § 173-18-280, filed 1/20/88. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  90.58.030,
				  90.58.120 and
				  90.58.300. 87-20-050 (Order DE
				  87-35), § 173-18-280, filed 10/2/87; Order DE 77-15, § 173-18-280,
				  filed 9/1/77; Order DE 76-14, § 173-18-280, filed 5/3/76; Order 73-14,
				  § 173-18-280, filed 8/27/73; Order DE 72-13, § 173-18-280, filed
				  6/30/72.