Washington Administrative Code
Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508)
Chapter 173-507 - Instream resources protection program - Snohomish River basin, water resource inventory area (WRIA) 7
Section 173-507-030 - Surface water source limitations to further consumptive appropriations
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The department, having determined further consumptive appropriations would harmfully impact instream values, adopts instream flows as follows confirming surface water source limitations previously established administratively under authority of chapter 90.03 RCW and RCW 75.20.050.
LOW FLOW LIMITATIONS
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Stream |
Limitation |
Point of Measurement |
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Evans Creek, Tributary to Lake Beecher |
No diversion when flow drops below 2.0 cfs. |
800 ft. So. and 800 ft. east of center of Sec. 7, T. 27 N., R. 6 E.W.M. |
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Foye Creek Tributary to Riley Slough |
No diversion when flow drops below 4.0 cfs. |
750 ft. So. and 325 ft. east of N1/4 cor. of Sec. 18, T. 27 N., R. 6 E.W.M. |
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French Creek, Tributary to Snohomish River |
No diversion when flow drops below 0.75 cfs. |
125 ft. No. and 1300 ft. west of E1/4 of Sec. 20, T. 28 N., R. 6 E.W.M. |
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Langlois Creek Tributary to Tolt River |
No diversion when flow drops below 3.0 cfs. |
1040 ft. No. and 1250 ft. east of SW1/4 cor. of Sec. 22, T. 25 N., R. 7 E.W.M. |
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Tate Creek, Tributary to No. Fk. Snoqualmie River |
No diversion when flow drops below 2.0 cfs. |
900 ft. east and 870 ft. No. of W1/4 cor. of Sec. 26, T. 24 N., R. 8 E.W.M. |
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Tulalip Creek, Tributary to Tulalip Bay |
No diversion when flow drops below 2.5 cfs. |
1125 ft. west and 125 ft. No. of S1/4 cor. of Sec. 22, T. 30 N., R. 4 E.W.M. |
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Unnamed Stream (Coon Creek), Tributary to Pilchuck River. |
No diversion when flow drops below 1.0 cfs. |
480 ft. No. and 240 ft. west of center of Sec. 19, T. 30 N., R. 7 E.W.M. |
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Unnamed Stream (Coon Creek), Tributary to Pilchuck River |
One-half of low flow must be bypassed. |
800 ft. east and 1100 ft. So. of W1/4 cor. of Sec. 19, R. 30 N., R. 7 E.W.M. |
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Unnamed Stream, Tributary to Cherry Creek |
No diversion when flow drops below 1.0 cfs. |
1000 ft. So. and 400 ft. west of NE cor. of Sec. 16, T. 26 N., R. 7 E.W.M. |
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Unnamed Stream, Tributary to McCoy Creek |
No diversion when flow drops below 0.5 cfs. |
600 ft. west and 100 ft. No. of SE cor. of Sec. 5, T. 27 N., R. 8 E.W.M. |
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Unnamed Stream, Tributary to Snoqualmie River |
No diversion when flow drops below 30.0 cfs. |
350 ft. west and 900 ft. No. of SE cor. of Sec. 5, T. 27 N., R. 8 E.W.M. |
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Unnamed Stream (Solberg Creek), Tributary to Snoqualmie River |
No diversion when flow drops below 2.0 cfs. |
600 ft. west and 1050 ft. No. of E cor. of Sec. 12, T. 25 N., R. 6 E.W.M. |
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Unnamed Stream, Tributary to Snoqualmie River |
One-half of low flow must be bypassed. |
500 ft. So. and 1120 ft. east of center Sec. 28, T. 25 N., R. 7 E.W.M. |
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Unnamed Stream, Tributary to Snoqualmie River |
No diversion when flow falls below 1.0 cfs. |
600 ft. No. of E1/4 cor. of Sec. 28, T. 25 N., R. 7 E.W.M. |
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Wood Creek, Tributary to Snohomish River |
No diversion when flow drops below 0.75 cfs. |
335 ft. No. and 130 ft. east of S1/4 cor. of Sec. 8, T. 28 N., R. 5 E.W.M. |
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Woods Creek Tributary to Skykomish River |
No diversion when flow drops below 11.0 cfs. |
Immediately below confl. of West Fork in SE1/4NW1/4 Sec. 33, T. 28 N., R. 7 E.W.M. |
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Woods Creek, Tributary to Skykomish River |
No diversion when flow drops below 6.0 cfs. |
Immediately above said confl. of West Fork. |
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Woods Creek, Tributary to Skykomish River |
No diversion when flow drops below 2.5 cfs. |
Immediately above confl. of Roesigner Cr. in NE1/4NW1/4 of Sec. 3, T. 28 N., R. 7 E.W.M. |
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Woods Creek, Tributary to Skykomish River |
No diversion when flow drops below 0.5 cfs. |
Roesigner Creek, immediately above said confl. with Woods Creek. |
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Woods Creek, Tributary to Skykomish River |
No diversion when flow drops below 5.0 cfs. |
West Fork, immediately above said confl. with Woods Creek. |
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Woods Creek, Tributary to Skykomish River |
No diversion when flow drops below 2.5 cfs. |
West Fork when it crosses the No. line of Sec. 5, T. 28 N., R. 7 E.W.M. |
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Unnamed Lake (Morris Lake), Tributary to Horseshoe Lake |
No diversion when flow drops below 1.0 cfs. |
Lake outlet at NE1/4NE1/4 of Sec. 9, T. 25 N., R 7 E.W.M. |
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Note: |
Affected stream reaches extend from mouth to headwaters and include all tributaries in the contributing drainage area unless specifically excluded. |
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(2) The department, having determined there are no waters available for further appropriation through the establishment of rights to use water consumptively, closes the following streams to further consumptive appropriation for the periods indicated. These closures confirm surface water source limitations previously established administratively under authority of chapter 90.03 RCW and RCW 75.20.050.
SURFACE WATER CLOSURES
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Stream |
Date of Closure |
Period of Closure |
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Griffin Creek, Tributary to Snoqualmie River |
9/22/53 |
All year |
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Harris Creek, Tributary to Snoqualmie River |
1/20/44 |
All year |
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Little Pilchuck Creek, Tributary to Pilchuck River |
5/6/52 |
All year |
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May Creek, Tributary to Wallace River |
10/13/53 |
All year |
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Patterson Creek, Tributary to Snoqualmie River |
2/19/52 |
All year |
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Quilceda Creek, Tributary to Ebey Slough |
6/10/46 |
All year |
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Raging River, Tributary to Snoqualmie River |
9/20/51 |
All year |
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Unnamed Stream (Bodell Creek), Tributary to Pilchuck River |
9/6/51 |
All year |
Statutory Authority: Chapters 90.22 and 90.54 RCW. 79-10-003 (Order DE 79-8), § 173-507-030, filed 9/6/79.
