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 173-18-310 - Pierce County

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
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).
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.