Washington Administrative Code
Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508)
Chapter 173-511 - Instream resources protection program - Nisqually River basin, water resource inventory area (WRIA) 11
Section 173-511-040 - Surface water source limitations to further consumptive appropriations
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The department has determined that (a) certain streams exhibit low summer flows or have a potential for going dry thereby inhibiting anadromous fish passage during critical life stages, and (b) historic flow regimes and current uses of certain other streams indicate that no water is available for additional appropriation. Based upon these determinations the following streams and lakes are closed to further appropriation for the periods indicated:
NEW SURFACE WATER CLOSURES
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Stream or Lake Section, Township, and Range of Mouth or Outlet |
Tributary to |
Period of Closure |
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Mashel River NE1/4SW1/4 Sec. 29, T16N, R4E and all tributaries |
Nisqually River |
June 1 - Oct. 31 |
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Red Salmon Creek (Mounts Creek) NE1/4NW1/4 Sec. 33, T19N, R1E and all tributaries |
Nisqually River |
April 1 - Oct. 31 |
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Clear Creek NE1/4SE1/4 Sec. 21, T18N, R1E and all tributaries |
Nisqually River |
April 1 - Oct. 31 |
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Tanwax Creek NW1/4NE1/4 Sec.20, T16N, R3E and all tributaries |
Nisqually River |
April 1 - Oct. 31 |
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McAllister Creek (except Medicine Creek) NW1/4N1/4 Sec. 6, T18N, R1E and all tributaries |
Puget Sound |
all year |
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Lake Saint Clair SE1/4NW1/4 Sec. 6, T17N, R1E |
all year |
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Toboton Creek (above Hopson Road) SW1/4SW1/4 Sec. 19, T16N, R3E and all tributaries |
Nisqually River |
April 1 - Nov. 30 |
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Lackamas Creek SE1/4SE1/4 Sec. 13, T16N, R2E and all tributaries |
Nisqually River |
April 1 - Nov. 30 |
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Murray Creek NW1/4NW1/4 Sec. 16, T17N, R2E |
Nisqually River |
April 1 - Nov. 30 |
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Bypass Reach, Nisqually River NE1/4SE1/4 Sec. 11, T17N, R1E |
Puget Sound |
June 1 - Oct. 31 |
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Mid Reach, Nisqually River SE1/4NW1/4 Sec. 1, T16N, R2E |
Puget Sound |
June 1 - Oct. 31 |
(2) The following stream and lake low flows and closures are adopted confirming surface water source limitations previously established administratively under the authority of chapter 90.03 RCW and RCW 75.20.050.
EXISTING SURFACE WATER SOURCE LIMITATIONS
CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE STATUS OF STREAMS AND LAKES
NISQUALLY BASIN, WRIA 11
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Stream |
Tributary to |
Action |
Dates |
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Eaton Creek SE1/4NW1/4 Sec. 6, T17N, R1E |
Lake St. Clair |
Closure |
12/1/53 |
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Harts Lake and outlet streams SW1/4SE1/4 Sec. 1, T16N, R2E |
Nisqually River |
Low Flow (0.5 cfs bypass) |
10/7/44 |
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Horn Creek SW1/4NE1/4 Sec. 1, T16N, R2E |
Nisqually River |
Closure |
7/22/74 |
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Muck Creek and all tributaries SW1/4SW1/4 Sec. 36, T18N, R1E |
Nisqually River |
Closure |
5/26/48 |
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Ohop Creek and all tributaries SW1/4NE1/4 Sec. 25, T16N, R3E |
Nisqually River |
Closure |
2/15/52 |
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Ohop Lake NE1/4SE1/4 Sec. 10, T16N, R1E |
Ohop Creek |
Lake Level (523 ft) |
3/25/66 |
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Thompson Creek and all tributaries SE1/4NE1/4 Sec. 11, T17N, R1E |
Nisqually River |
Low Flow (1.0 cfs bypass) |
11/19/51 |
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Unnamed Stream and all tributaries SW1/4NW1/4 Sec. 11, T15N, R4E |
Alder Lake (Nisqually River) |
Closure |
4/28/64 |
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Unnamed Stream and all tributaries SW1/4SE1/4 Sec. 17, T17N, R2E |
Centralia Canal (Nisqually River) |
Low Flow (0.75 cfs bypass) |
11/19/51 |
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Unnamed Stream and all tributaries SE1/4SE1/4 Sec. 27, T17N, R2E |
Nisqually River |
Low Flow (0.50 cfs bypass) |
12/6/50 |
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Yelm Creek and all tributaries SW1/4SW1/4 Sec. 12, T.17N, R1E |
Nisqually River |
Closure |
8/7/51 |
Statutory Authority: Chapters 90.22 and 90.54 RCW. 81-04-028 (Order DE 80-42), § 173-511-040, filed 2/2/81.
