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

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).