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

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).