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

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).