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 173-18-120 - Cowlitz County

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Streams
Stream Name
Quadrangle
Name and Size
Legal Description
(1)
Abernathy
Creek
Ryderwood
15
Clatskanie 15
From the confluence of Abernathy Creek and Ordway
							 Creek (Sec.5, T9N, R4W) downstream to mouth at Columbia River (Sec.10, T8N,
							 R4W).
(2)
Alder
Creek
Toutle
15
From the confluence of Alder Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.26, T10N, R2E) downstream to mouth at North Fork Toutle River (Sec.15,
							 same township).
(3)
Arkansas
Creek
Ryderwood
15
From the confluence of Arkansas Creek and unnamed
							 creek (NE1/4 Sec.26, T10N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Cowlitz River near
							 Castle Rock (Sec.15, T9N, R2W).
(4)
Baird Creek
Pigeon Springs
15
From an approximate point (SW1/4 of SW1/4 of SW1/4 of
							 Sec.9, T8N, R2E) downstream to mouth at Coweeman River (Sec.19, same
							 township).
(5)
Bear Creek
Cougar
15
From the confluence of Bear Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.9, T8N, R3E) downstream to South Fork Toutle River (Sec.29, T9N,
							 R3E).
(6)
Bear Creek
Elk Rock
15
Toutle 15
From the intersection of Bear Creek and light duty
							 road (Sec.33, T10N, R3E) downstream to mouth at Hoffstadt Creek (Sec.23, T10N,
							 R2E).
(7)
Cameron Creek
Clatskanie
15
From the confluence of Cameron Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.28, T9N, R4W) downstream to mouth at Abernathy Creek (Sec.10, T8N,
							 R4W).
(8)
Campbell Creek
Ryderwood
15
From an approximate point near the north section line
							 (SW1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec.10, T10N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Stillwater Creek
							 (Sec.3, same township).
(9)
Castle Creek
Elk Rock
15
From the confluence of Castle Creek and the South
							 Fork Castle Creek (Sec.14, T9N, R4E) downstream to mouth at North Fork Toutle
							 River (Sec.10, same township).
(10)
Chehalis
River
(S. Fk.)
Ryderwood
15
From the confluence of South Fork Chehalis River and
							 unnamed creek (Sec.11, T10N, R4W) downstream to the Lewis County line (Sec.2,
							 same township).
(11)
Coal Creek
Clatskanie
15
From the confluence of Coal Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.28, T9N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Coal Creek Slough (Sec.14, T8N,
							 R3W).
(12)
Coldwater Creek (Cont.)
Spirit Lake
15
From the Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary
							 (also Skamania County line) (Sec.36, T10N, R4E) downstream to mouth at North
							 Fork Toutle River (Sec.2, T9N, R4E).
(13)
Columbia River
(Cont.)*
St. Helens
71/2
Deer Island 7 1/2
Kalama 7 1/2
Rainier 7 1/2
Clatskanie 15
From the Lewis River at the Clark County line
							 (Sec.10, T4N, R1W) downstream along the Washington-Oregon line to Wahkiakum
							 County line (Sec.20, T8N, R4W). The flow exceeds 1,000 cfs MAF at Cowlitz-Clark
							 County line.
(14)
Cougar
Creek
Cougar
15
From the Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary
							 (Sec.23, T7N, R4E) downstream to mouth at Yale Lake (Sec.27, T7N, R4E).
(15)
Coweeman River
Cougar
15
Pigeon Springs 15
Mt. Brynion 7 1/2
Kelso 7 1/2
Rainier 7 1/2
From the Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary
							 (Sec.19, T8N, R3E) downstream to mouth at Cowlitz River (Sec.11, T7N,
							 R2W).
(16)
Cowlitz
River
(Cont.)*
Castle Rock
15
Kelso 7 1/2
Rainier 7 1/2
From Cowlitz-Lewis County line (Sec.4, T10N, R2W)
							 downstream to mouth on Columbia River (Sec.10,T7N,R2W). The flow exceeds 1,000
							 cfs MAF at Cowlitz-Lewis County line (Sec.3, T10N, R2W).
(17)
Deer Creek
Elk Rock
15
From the confluence of Deer Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.31, T10N, R3E) downstream to mouth at North Fork Toutle River (Sec.36,
							 T10N, R2E).
(18)
Delameter Creek
Castle Rock
15
Kelso 7 1/2
From the confluence of Delameter Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.24, T9N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Arkansas Creek (Sec.16, T9N,
							 R2W).
(19)
Devils Creek
Toutle
15
From the Lewis County line (Sec.2, T10N, R2E)
							 downstream to mouth at the Green River (same section).
(20)
Elk Creek
Cougar
15
From the confluence of Elk Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.12, T7N, R2E) downstream to mouth at Kalama River (Sec.24, same
							 township).
(21)
Elochoman River
(E. Fk.)
Ryderwood
15
From the confluence of East Fork Elochoman River and
							 unnamed creek (Sec.8, T10N, R4W) downstream to Wahkiakum County line (same
							 section).
(22)
Germany Creek
Ryderwood
15
Clatskanie 15
From the confluence of Germany Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.25, T10N, R4W) downstream to mouth at Columbia River (Sec.12, T8N,
							 R4W).
(23)
Gobar Creek
Pigeon Springs
15
From the confluence of Gobar Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.8, T7N, R2E) downstream to mouth at Kalama River (Sec.36, T7N,
							 R1E).
(24)
Goble
Creek
Pigeon Springs
15
Kalama 7 1/2
Mt. Brynion 7 1/2
From the confluence of Goble Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.13, T7N, R1W) downstream to mouth of Coweeman River (Sec.34, T8N,
							 R1W).
(25)
Goble
Creek
(N. Fk.)
Pigeon
Springs
15
Kalama 7 1/2
From the confluence of the North Fork Goble Creek and
							 unnamed creek (Sec.31, T8N, R1E) downstream to mouth at Goble Creek (Sec.2,
							 T7N, R1W).
(26)
Green River (Cont.)
Spirit Lake
15
Elk Rock 15
Toutle 15
From the Skamania-Cowlitz County line (Sec.1, T10N,
							 R4E) downstream to mouth at North Fork Toutle River (Sec.8, T10N, R2E)
							 excluding those reaches within Lewis County.
(27)
Hemlock Creek
Toutle
15
From the confluence of Hemlock Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.18, T9N, R1E) downstream to mouth at Silver Lake (Sec.1, T9N,
							 R1W).
(28)
Hoffstadt
Elk Rock
15
Toutle 15
From the confluence of Hoffstadt Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.24, T10N, R3E) downstream to mouth at North Fork Toutle River
							 (Sec.23, T10N, R2E).
(29)
Jackson
Creek
Elk Rock
15
From the approximate point near the north section
							 line (SW1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec.8, T9N, R4E) downstream to mouth at North Fork
							 Toutle River (Sec.12, T9N, R3E).
(30)
Johnson
Creek
Toutle
15
From the confluence of Johnson Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.36, T10N, R1E) downstream to South Fork Toutle River (Sec.34, same
							 township).
(31)
Kalama River*
Cougar
15
Pigeon Springs*15
Kalama 7 1/2
From the Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary
							 (Sec.5, T7N, R4E) downstream to mouth at Columbia River (Sec.1, T6N, R2W)
							 excluding all federal lands. The 1,000 cfs MAF point begins at mouth of Little
							 Kalama River (Sec.17, T6N, R1E).
(32)
Kalama
River
(N. Fk.)
Cougar
15
From confluence of Kalama River N. Fk. and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.34, T8N, R3E) downstream to mouth at Kalama River (Sec.14, T7N,
							 R3E).
(33)
Langdon Creek
Cougar
15
From confluence of Langdon Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.9, T7N, R3E) downstream to mouth at Kalama River (Sec.22, T7N,
							 R3E).
(34)
Lewis River (Cont.)*
Mt. St. Helens*
15
Cougar 15
Yacolt 15
St. Helens 15
Amboy 7 1/2
Ariel 7 1/2
Woodland 7 1/2
From the Skamania County line (Sec.25, T7N, R4E)
							 downstream through Yale Lake and Lake Merwin to mouth at the Columbia River
							 (Sec.2, T4N, R1W) on right shore of Lewis River only. The flow exceeds 1,000
							 cfs MAF at Cowlitz-Skamania County line.
(35)
Little
Kalama
River
LaCenter
15
Pigeon Springs 15
From the confluence of the Little Kalama River and
							 unnamed creek (Sec.16, T6N, R1E) downstream to mouth at Kalama River (Sec.17,
							 same township).
(36)
Little Mill Creek
Clatskanie
15
From the confluence of Little Mill Creek and unnamed
							 creek
(Sec.8,T8N, R4W) downstream to mouth at Mill
							 Creek
(Sec.9, same township).
(37)
Mill Creek (Cont.)
Clatskanie
15
From the Wahkiakum County line (Sec.32, T9N, R4W)
							 downstream to mouth on the Columbia River (Sec.9, T8N, R4W).
(38)
Monahan Creek
Ryderwood
15
Castle Rock 15
From the confluence of Monahan Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.2, T9N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Delameter Creek (Sec.18, T9N,
							 R2W).
(39)
Mulholland
Creek
Pigeon Springs
15
From the confluence of Mulholland Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.2, T8N, R1E) downstream to mouth at Coweeman River (Sec.17, same
							 township).
(40)
Olequa Creek (Cont.)
Castle Rock
15
From Lewis County line (Sec.32, T11N, R2W) downstream
							 to mouth at Cowlitz River (Sec.9, T10N, R2W).
(41)
Ostrander Creek
Mt. Brynion
7 1/2
Kelso 7 1/2
From the confluence of Ostrander Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.27, T9N, R1W) downstream to mouth at Cowlitz River (Sec.11, T8N,
							 R2W).
(42)
Ostrander Creek
(S. Fk.)
Mt. Brynion
7 1/2
Kelso 7 1/2
From the confluence of South Fork Ostrander Creek and
							 unnamed creek (Sec.18, T8N, R1W) downstream to mouth at Ostrander Creek
							 (Sec.12, T8N, R2W).
(43)
Rock Creek
Cougar
15
Amboy 7 1/2
From the confluence of Rock Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.8, T6N, R3E) downstream to mouth at Lake Merwin (Sec.20, same
							 township).
(44)
Salmon
Creek
(Cont.)
Castle Rock
15
From the Lewis County line (Sec.3, T10N, R1W) back to
							 Lewis County line (same section) except those reaches within Lewis
							 County.
(45)
Shultz
Creek
Elk Rock
15
From the confluence of Shultz Creek and unnamed creek
							 (N1/2 Sec.14, T10N, R4E) downstream to mouth at Green River (Sec.3, same
							 township).
(46)
South
Coldwater Creek
Spirit Lake
15
Elk Rock 15
From the Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary
							 (Sec.1, T9N, R4E) downstream to mouth at Coldwater Creek (Sec.2, same
							 township).
(47)
Speelyai Creek
Cougar
15
Yacolt 15
Amboy 7 1/2
From the confluence of the Speelyai Creek and the
							 West Fork of Speelyai Creek (Sec.5, T6N, R4E) downstream to mouth at Lake
							 Merwin (Sec.23, T6N, R3E).
(48)
Stillwater Creek
Ryderwood
15
From the confluence of Stillwater Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.6, T10N, R3W) downstream to the Lewis County line (Sec.3, same
							 township).
(49)
Studebaker Creek
Toutle
15
From the confluence of Studebaker Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.33, T10N, R1E) downstream to mouth at Toutle River (S. Fork)
							 (Sec.29, same township).
(50)
Toutle
River*
Toutle*
15
Castle Rock 15
From confluence of North and South Forks of Toutle
							 River (Sec.29, T10N, R1E) downstream to mouth on Cowlitz River (Sec.34, T10N,
							 R2W). The 1,000 cfs MAF point begins at mouth of Green River (Sec.8, T10N, R2E)
							 at North Fork Toutle River.
(51)
Toutle
River
(N. Fk.)
Spirit Lake
15
Elk Rock 15
Toutle 15
From the Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary at
							 the Skamania County line (Sec.13, T9N, R4E) downstream to mouth at Toutle River
							 (Sec.29, T10N, R1E).
(52)
Toutle
River
(S. Fk.)
Cougar
15
Pigeon Springs 15
Toutle 15
From the Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary
							 (Sec.2, T8N, R4E) downstream to mouth at the Toutle River (Sec.29, T10N,
							 R1E).
(53)
Unnamed Tributary
to Kalama River
Cougar
15
From an approximate point (SW1/4 of SE1/4 of NW1/4 of
							 Sec.13, T7N, R3E) downstream to mouth at Kalama River (Sec.12, same
							 township).
(54)
Unnamed Tributary to Speelyai Creek
Cougar
15
From an approximate point near the east section line
							 (Sec.12, T6N, R3E) downstream to mouth at Speelyai Creek (Sec.7, T6N,
							 R4E).
(55)
Unnamed Tributary to Toutle River
(S. Fk.)
Cougar
15
From confluence of unnamed tributary and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.12, T8N, R3E) downstream to mouth at South Fork Toutle River
							 (Sec.36, T9N, R3E).
(56)
Wild Horse Creek
Pigeon Springs
15
From the confluence of Wild Horse Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.23, T7N, R1E) downstream to mouth at Kalama River (Sec.36, T7N,
							 R1E).
(57)
Wolf Creek
Cougar
15
From the confluence of Wolf Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.28, T7N, R3E) downstream to mouth at Kalama River (Sec.21, same
							 township).
(58)
Wyant Creek
Toutle
15
From the confluence of Wyant Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.13, T10N, R1E) downstream to mouth at North Fork Toutle River (Sec.20,
							 same township).
(59)
Unnamed Tributary to Toutle River
(S. Fk.)
Cougar
15
From north end of Goat Marsh (SW1/4, NW1/4 Sec.23,
							 T8N, R4E) downstream to mouth at Toutle River S.Fk. excluding federal
							 lands.
(60)
Fossil Creek
Cougar
15
From Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary
							 (Sec.31, T8N, R4E) downstream to mouth at Kalama River (Sec.6, T7N,
							 R4E).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  90.58.120 and
				  90.58.200. 80-08-052 (Order DE
				  80-20), § 173-18-120, filed 6/30/80; Order DE 76-14, § 173-18-120,
				  filed 5/3/76; Order 73-14, § 173-18-120, filed 8/27/73; Order DE 72-13,
				  § 173-18-120, filed 6/30/72.