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 173-18-370 - Stevens County

Stream Name

Quadrangle

Name and Size

Legal Description

(1)

Big

Sheep

Creek*

Colville 30

Belshazzor

Mt. 7 1/2

Northport* 7 1/2

From the Colville National Forest boundary (Sec.13, T40N, R38E) downstream to mouth at the Columbia River near Sand Point (Sec.30, T40N, R40E). The 200 cfs MAF point begins at mouth of Little Sheep Creek (Sec.14, T40N, R39E).

(2)

Chamokane

Creek

Clayton 15

Wellpinit 15

From the confluence of Chamokane Creek and unnamed stream (Sec.23, T29N, R40E) downstream left shore only (right shore in Spokane Indian Reservation) to mouth on Spokane River (Sec.15, T27N, R39E).

(3)

Chewelah

Creek

Chewelah Mt. 15

Chewelah 7 1/2

From the confluence of the North Fork and the South Fork Chewelah Cr. (Sec.11, T32N, R40E) downstream to mouth on Colville River (Sec.23, same township).

(4)

Colville

River*

Forest Center 7 1/2

Waitts Lake 7 1/2

Valley 7 1/2

Chewelah* 7 1/2

Addy 7 1/2

Addy Mt. 7 1/2

Arden 7 1/2

Colville 7 1/2

Marcus 30

From the confluence of Deer Cr. and Sheep Creek (Sec.9, T30N, R40E) downstream (excluding all federal lands) to mouth at Columbia River (Sec.36, T36N, R37E). This river has over 300 sq. miles of drainage area ending at mouth of Chewelah Creek (Sec.23, T32N, R40E).

(5)

Columbia

River*

Boundary* 7 1/2

Northport 7 1/2

Onion Creek 7 1/2

China Bend 7 1/2

Bossburg 7 1/2

Marcus 7 1/2

Kettle Falls 7 1/2

Bangs Mountain 7 1/2

Inchelium 15

Hunters 15

Wilmont Creek 15

From the United States-Canadian boundary (Sec.2, T40N, R41E) downstream to Spokane Indian Reservation boundary (Sec.23, T29N, R35E). This river has over 200 cfs MAF at U.S.-Canadian border.

(6)

Kettle

River*

Marcus 30

Orient 7 1/2

Laurier* 7 1/2

From the United States-Canadian border (Sec.2, T40N, R36E) downstream along Ferry-Stevens Co. line. Left bank only to (Sec.20, T38N, R37E), excluding federal lands. This stream has both 200 cfs MAF and 300 sq. miles of drainage area at U.S.-Canadian border.

(7)

Little

Pend

Oreille

River

Lake Gillette 7 1/2

Park Rapids 7 1/2

Cliff Ridge 7 1/2

Addy Mt. 7 1/2

Arden 7 1/2

That part of the Little Pend Oreille River outside the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge (Sec.11, T35N, R41E) and that part outside Refuge (Sec.15 & 16, T35N, R41E), and that part outside refuge from (Sec.10, T34N, R40E) to Colville River (Sec.10, T34N, R39E).

(8)

Little

Sheep Cr.

Colville 30

Northport 7 1/2

From the confluence of Boundary Creek and Little Sheep Creek (Sec.10, T40N, R39E) downstream to mouth at Big Sheep Creek (Sec.14, same township).

(10)

Onion

Creek

Colville 30

Onion Creek 7 1/2

From the confluence of Onion Creek and unnamed creek (Sec.12, T38N, R39E) downstream to mouth at Columbia River (Sec.23, T39N, R39E). Excluding Coulee Dam National Recreation area.

(11)

Spokane

River

(Cont.)*

Clayton 15

Wellpinit 15

Turtle Lake 15

Lincoln 15

From the Spokane County line on the Spokane River (Sec.32, T27N, R42E) downstream through Long Lake to Spokane Indian Reservation boundary (Sec.15, T27N, R39E), right shore only. This river has 300 sq. miles of drainage area and over 200 cfs MAF at Spokane Co. line.

(12)

Deep

Creek

(South

Fork)

Spirit 7 1/2

Aladdin 7 1/2

From the confluence of Rocky Creek and South Fork of Deep Creek in (Sec.8, T37N, R41E) downstream to confluence North Fork Deep Creek and Deep Creek in (Sec.5, T38N, R41E).

(13)

Deep

Creek

(North

Fork)

Deep Lake 7 1/2

Aladdin 7 1/2

From the confluence of McKinnon Creek and North Fork Deep Creek in (Sec.11, T39N, R41E) downstream through Deep Lake to confluence with South Fork Deep Creek and Deep Creek in (Sec.5, T38N, R41E).

(14)

Deep

Creek

Aladdin 7 1/2

Spirit 7 1/2

From the confluence of the South Fork and North Fork of Deep Creek in (Sec.5, T38N, R41E) downstream to mouth at Columbia River (Sec.34, T40N, R40E).