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 173-18-380 - Thurston County

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Streams
Stream Name
Quadrangle
Name and Size
Legal Description
(1)
Beaver
Creek
Tenino
15
Maytown 7 1/2
Rochester 15
From the confluence of Beaver Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.11, T16N, R2W) downstream to mouth at Black River (Sec.2, T16N,
							 R3W).
(2)
Black
River
Tenino
15
Maytown 7 1/2
Rochester 15
From the confluence of Dempsey Creek and the Black
							 River (Sec.13, T17N, R3W) downstream to Grays Harbor County line (Sec.26, T16N,
							 R4W).
(3)
Black
Lake
Drainage
Ditch
Tumwater
7 1/2
From outlet of Black Lake (Sec.32, T18N, R2W)
							 downstream to confluence with Percival Creek (Sec.21, T18N, R2W).
(4)
Cedar
Creek
Rochester
15
From the confluence of Cedar Cr. and Sherman Creek
							 (Sec.2, T16N, R4W) downstream to Grays Harbor County line (same
							 section).
(5)
Chehalis
River
(Cont.)*
Rochester
15
From Lewis County line (Sec.23, T15N, R3W) downstream
							 to Grays Harbor County line (Sec.11, T15N, R4W), excluding all federal lands.
							 The flow exceeds 1,000 cfs MAF at Lewis County line.
(6)
Deschutes
River
(Cont.)
Ohop Valley
15
Bald Hill 7 1/2
Lake Lawrence
7 1/2
Vail 7 1/2
Weir Prairie 7 1/2
East Olympia 7 1/2
Tumwater 7 1/2
Maytown 7 1/2
From Lewis County line (Sec.24, T15N, R3E) downstream
							 to mouth at Capitol Lake (Sec.26, T18N, R2W), excluding all federal
							 lands.
(7)
Kennedy
Creek
Shelton
15
From the confluence of Kennedy Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.14, T18N, R4W) downstream to the Mason County line (Sec.6, T18N,
							 R3W).
(8)
Little
Nisqually
River
(Cont.)
Ohop Valley
15
Eatonville 7 1/2
From the Lewis-Thurston County line (Sec.21, T15N,
							 R4E) downstream to Alder Lake (Sec.16, same township).
(9)
McAllister
Creek
Anderson Island
15
Nisqually 7 1/2
From the McAllister Springs (Sec.19, T18N, R1E)
							 downstream to mouth at Nisqually Head (Sec.31, T19N, R1E).
(10)
McLane
Creek
Tumwater
7 1/2
From an approximate point (SW1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec.25,
							 T18N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Eld Inlet (Sec.19, T18N, R2W).
(11)
Mima
Creek
Rochester
15
From an approximate point (NE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec.16,
							 T16N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Black River (Sec.20, same township).
(12)
Mitchell
Creek
Ohop Valley
15
Bald Hill 7 1/2
From the confluence of Mitchell Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.18, T15N, R3E) downstream to mouth at Deschutes River (Sec.7, same
							 township).
(13)
Nisqually
River
(Cont.)*
Kapowsin
15
Ohop Valley 15
Yelm 7 1/2
Anderson Island 15
From the Pierce County line in Alder Reservoir
							 (Sec.20, T15N, R5E) downstream along left shore only, (exclude area from
							 LaGrande Dam downstream to powerhouse due to use of aqueduct; also exclude all
							 federal lands) to the Nisqually Indian Reservation boundary (Sec.11, T17N,
							 R1E). The flow exceeds 1,000 cfs MAF at Pierce County line in Alder
							 Reservoir.
(14)
Percival
Creek
Tumwater
7 1/2
From the confluence of Percival Creek and stream from
							 Black Lake (Sec.21, T18N, R2W) downstream to mouth at Capitol Lake (Sec.22,
							 same township).
(15)
Scatter
Creek
Tenino
15
Bucoda 7 1/2
Tenino S.W. 7 1/2
Rochester 15
From confluence of Scatter Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.20, T16N, R1W) downstream to mouth at Chehalis River (Sec.7, T15N,
							 R3W).
(16)
Sherman
Creek
Rochester
15
From the confluence of Sherman Creek and Monroe Creek
							 (Sec.25, T17N, R4W) downstream to mouth on Cedar Cr. (Sec.2, T16N, R4W).
(17)
Skookum-
chuck
River
(Cont.)
Yelm
15
Tenino 15
From the Lewis County line (Sec.20, T15N, R2E)
							 downstream back to the Lewis County line (Sec.21, T15N, R2W).
(18)
Thompson
Creek
Yelm
15
Weir Prairie 7 1/2
From the intersection of Highway SR 510 and Thompson
							 Creek (Sec.11, T17N, R1E) downstream to mouth at Nisqually River (same
							 section).
(19)
Waddell
Creek
Rochester
15
From an approximate point (SE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec.8,
							 T17N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Black River (Sec.2, T16N, R3W).
(20)
Woodland
Creek
Lacey
7 1/2
From an approximate point (NE1/4 of NE1/4 of SE1/4 of
							 Sec.9, T18N, R1W) downstream to mouth at Henderson Inlet near South Bay
							 (Sec.32, T19N, R1W).
(21)
Yelm
Creek
Yelm
15
McKenna 7 1/2
Weir Prairie 7 1/2
From the confluence of Yelm Creek and Yelm ditch
							 (Sec.29, T17N, R2E) downstream to mouth at Nisqually River (Sec.12, T17N,
							 R1E).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  90.58.030,
				  90.58.120 and
				  90.58.200. 85-09-043 (Order DE
				  85-05), § 173-18-380, filed 4/15/85; Order DE 76-14, § 173-18-380,
				  filed 5/3/76; Order 73-14, § 173-18-380, filed 8/27/73; Order DE 72-13,
				  § 173-18-380, filed 6/30/72.