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 173-18-270 - Mason County

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Streams
Stream Name
Quadrangle
Name and Size
Legal Description
(1)
Baker
Creek
Mt. Tebo
15
Beginning at Olympic National Forest boundary, at
							 center of (Sec.10, T21N, R6W) downstream to mouth at Satsop River Middle Fork
							 (Sec.16, same township). Exclude federal land.
(2)
Bingham
Creek
Mt. Tebo
15
Elma 15
Beginning at (SW1/4 of NE1/4 Sec.31, T21N, R5W)
							 downstream to mouth at East Fork Satsop River (Sec.11, T19N, R6W).
(3)
Canyon
River
Mt. Tebo
15
Grisdale 15
Beginning at Olympic National Forest boundary at
							 north section line (Sec.18, T21N, R6W) downstream to Mason County, Grays Harbor
							 County line (same section).
(4)
Cloquallum
Creek
Elma
15
From a point near intersection of a road and
							 Cloquallum Creek (Sec.14, T19N, R5W) downstream to Grays Harbor County line
							 (Sec.36, T19N, R6W).
(5)
Coulter
Creek
Belfair
7 1/2
From the confluence of Coulter Creek and unnamed
							 creek (Sec.9, T22N, R1W) downstream to mouth of North Bay (same
							 section).
(6)
Cranberry
Creek
Potlatch
15
Beginning at NE point of Cranberry Lake (Sec.28,
							 T21N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Oakland Bay (Sec.35 of same township).
(7)
Decker
Creek
Elma
15
Beginning at (NW1/4 of SE1/4 Sec.18, T20N, R6W)
							 downstream to (Sec.19, T20N, R6W) and Grays Harbor County, Mason County line
							 returning to Mason County line at (Sec.30, T20N, R6W) on downstream to mouth at
							 Satsop River East Fork (Sec.31, T19N, R6W).
(8)
Deer
Creek
Mason Lake
7 1/2
Potlatch 15
From confluence of Deer Creek and unnamed creek
							 (SW1/4 of SE1/4 Sec.19, T21N, R2W) downstream to mouth on Oakland Bay (Sec.36,
							 T21N, R3W).
(9)
Dewatto
River
Holly
7 1/2
Lake Wooten 7 1/2
Potlatch 15
From a point approximately 1000' north of section
							 line in (SE1/4 of Sec.6, T23N, R2W) downstream to mouth at Dewatto Bay on Hood
							 Canal (Sec.28, T23N, R3W).
(10)
Dry Bed
Creek
Mt. Tebo
15
Elma 15
Beginning where Dry Bed Creek crosses the Beeville
							 Loop Road at (Sec.27, T21N, R6W) downstream to mouth at Decker Creek (Sec.5,
							 T19N, R6W).
(11)
Dry
Creek
Mt. Tebo
15
Beginning where Dry Creek crosses unimproved road at
							 center of (Sec.35, T21N, R6W) downstream to mouth at Dry Bed Creek (Sec.3,
							 T20N, R6W).
(12)
Dry Run
Creek
Elma
15
Beginning at (NE1/4 of NW1/4) at South Bend Creek
							 (Sec.27, T19N, R6W) downstream to mouth at Satsop River East Fork (Sec.28 of
							 same township).
(13)
Golsborough
Creek
(S. Fork)
Elma
15
Shelton 15
From confluence of Golsborough Creek South Fork and
							 unnamed creek (Sec.25, T20N, R5W) downstream to mouth at Oakland Bay (Sec.20,
							 T20N, R3W).
(14)
Gosnell
Creek
Shelton
15
Olympia 15
Squaxin Island
7 1/2
From confluence of Gosnell Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.10, T19N, R4W) downstream through Isabella Lake to mouth at Hammersley
							 Inlet of Puget Sound (Sec.25, T20N, R3W).
(15)
Hamma
Hamma
River
The Brothers
15
Beginning where the Hamma Hamma River crosses the
							 Olympic National Forest boundary (Sec.7, T24N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Hood
							 Canal of Puget Sound (Sec.27 of same township).
(16)
Jefferson
Creek
The Brothers
15
Beginning where Jefferson Creek crosses the Olympic
							 National Forest boundary at NW corner (Sec.18, T24N, R3W) downstream to mouth
							 at Hamma Hamma River (Sec.8 of same township) (excluding federal Lands).
(17)
Johns
Creek
Potlatch
15
Shelton 15
Beginning where Johns Creek crosses light-duty road
							 (Sec.30, T21N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Oakland Bay (Sec.3, T20N,
							 R3W).
(18)
Kennedy
Creek
(Cont.)
Shelton
15
From the Thurston County line (Sec.31, T19N, R3W)
							 downstream to mouth at Oyster Bay (Sec.32, T19N, R3W).
(19)
Lilliwaup
Creek
Potlatch
15
Beginning in the Lilliwaup Swamp (Sec.11, T23N, R4W)
							 downstream to mouth at Lilliwaup Bay in Hood Canal at (Sec.30, T23N,
							 R3W).
(20)
McTaggert
Creek
Potlatch
15
From confluence of McTaggert Creek and Frigid Creek
							 at (Sec.30, T22N, R4W) downstream to Skokomish River North Fork (same
							 section).
(21)
Mission
Creek
Lake Wotten
7 1/2
Belfair 7 1/2
From confluence of Mission Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.24, T23N, R2W) downstream to mouth at Hood Canal (Sec.1, T22N,
							 R2W).
(22)
Rendsland
Creek
Potlatch
15
Beginning where Rendsland Creek crosses the north
							 section line of (NW1/4 of SE1/4 Sec.17, T22N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Hood
							 Canal (Sec.19 same township).
(23)
Satsop
River
(E. Fork)
Elma
15
From the confluence of Satsop River East Fork,
							 Phillips Creek and Stillwater Creek (Sec.22, T20N, R5W) downstream to Mason
							 Co., Grays Harbor Co. line (Sec.31, T19N, R6W).
(24)
Satsop
River
(M. Fork)
Mt. Tebo
15
Elma 15
From the Olympic National Forest boundary (Sec.16,
							 T21N, R6W) downstream to Mason Co., Grays Harbor Co. line (Sec.6, T20N, R6W)
							 reentering Mason Co. at (Sec.31, T19N, R6W) to mouth at Satsop River East
							 Fork.
(25)
Shumocher
Creek
Potlatch
15
Mason Lake 7 1/2
From confluence of Shumocher Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.13, T21N, R3W) downstream to mouth at Mason Lake (Sec.7, T21N,
							 R2W).
(26)
Skokomish
River*
Potlatch
* 15
From confluence of North Fork of Skokomish River and
							 South Fork Skokomish River (Sec.18, T21N, R4W) downstream to mouth in Great
							 Bend on Hood Canal (Sec.6, T21N, R3W) excluding portion on left bank within
							 Skokomish Indian Reservation. The 1,000 cfs MAF flow begins at confluence of N.
							 Fork and S. Fork.
(27)
Skokomish
River
(N. Fork)
Potlatch
15
From confluence of Skokomish R. N. Fork and Frigid
							 Cr. (Sec.30, T22N, R4W) downstream to confluence with South Fork Skokomish R.
							 (Sec.18, T21N, R4W).
(28)
Skokomish
River
(S. Fork)
Mt. Tebo
15
Potlatch 15
From the Olympic National Forest boundary (Sec.15,
							 T22N, R5W) downstream to confluence with North Fork Skokomish River (Sec.18,
							 T21N, R4W). Exclude federal lands.
(29)
Skookum
Creek
Shelton
15
From confluence of Skookum Creek and unnamed creek
							 (Sec.27, T19N, R4W) downstream to mouth at Skookum Inlet in Puget Sound
							 (Sec.17, T19N, R3W).
(30)
Tahuya
River
(Cont.)
Wildcat Lake
7 1/2
Holly 7 1/2
Lake Wooten 7 1/2
Potlatch 15
From the Kitsap Co. line (Sec.36, T24N, R2W)
							 downstream to mouth at Hood Canal near Tahuya (Sec.27, T22N, R3W).
(31)
Union
River
(Cont.)
Belfair
7 1/2
From the Kitsap Co. line (Sec.10, T23N, R1W)
							 downstream to mouth of Lynch Cove near Belfair (Sec.31, T23N, R1W).
(32)
Unnamed
Creek
Mt. Tebo
15
Elma 15
Beginning where logging railroad crosses unnamed
							 creek (Sec.4, T20N, R5W) downstream to mouth at Nahwatzel Lake (Sec.5, same
							 township).
(33)
Vance
Creek
Mt. Tebo
15
From the Olympic National Forest boundary NW corner
							 of (Sec.4, T21N, R5W) downstream to mouth on Skokomish River (Sec.18, T21N,
							 R4W).
(34)
Goldsborough
Creek
(N. Fork)
Shelton
15
From confluence of Winter Creek and Goldsborough
							 Cr.N. Fk. (Sec.9, T20N, R4W) downstream to mouth at Goldsborough Cr. S. Fk.
							 (Sec.19 same township).
(35)
Sherwood
Creek
Mason Lake
7 1/2
Vaughn 7 1/2
Belfair 7 1/2
From its start in Mason Lake (Sec.34, T22N, R2W)
							 downstream to mouth at North Bay on Case Inlet (Sec.20, T22N, R1W).
Order 73-14, § 173-18-270, filed 8/27/73; Order DE
				  72-13, § 173-18-270, filed
				  6/30/72.