Streams
Stream Name | Quadrangle Name and Size | Legal Description | |
(1) | Beaver Creek | Blue Buck Mt. 7 1/2 Twisp East 7 1/2 | From the confluence of Beaver Creek and unnamed creek (NE1/4 of NE1/4 Sec.26, T34N, R22E) downstream to mouth at Methow River (Sec.27, T33N, R22E). |
(2) | Bonaparte Creek | Tonasket 15 | From the confluence of Bonaparte Creek and Bannon Creek (Sec.32, T37N, R28E) downstream to mouth on Okanogan River near Tonasket (Sec.16, T37N, R27E). |
(3) | Chewack *River | Doe Mt.* 15 Winthrop 7 1/2 | From the Okanogan National Forest boundary (Sec.2, T35N, R21E) downstream to mouth at Methow River (Sec.2, T34N, R21E). The flow exceeds 200 cfs MAF at Okanogan N.F. boundary. |
(4) | Columbia River (Cont.)* | Grand Coulee Dam 15 Bridgeport 15 Brewster 15 Wells Dam 7 1/2 Azwell 7 1/2 | From the intersection of the Okanogan County line and the Colville Indian Reservation boundary (Sec.18, T30N, R25E) downstream right bank only to Chelan County line (Sec.31, T29N, R24E). The flow exceeds 200 cfs MAF at the Colville Indian Reservation boundary. |
(5) | Early Winters Creek | Mazama 15 | From the Okanogan National Forest boundary line (Sec.23, T29N, R19E) downstream to mouth at Methow River (Sec.27, same township). |
(6) | Gold Creek | Concrete AMS Methow 7 1/2 | From the confluence of Gold Creek and South Fork Gold Creek (Sec.17, T31N, R22E) downstream to mouth at Methow River (Sec.16, same township). |
(7) | Methow River* | Mazama 15* Brewster 15 Doe Mtn. 15 Thompson Ridge 15 7 1/2 Winthrop 7 1/2 Blue Buck Mtn. 7 1/2 Twisp East 7 1/2 Methow 7 1/2 Cooper Mtn. 7 1/2 | From the Okanogan National Forest boundary (Sec.6, T36N, R19E) downstream to mouth at the Columbia River (Sec.36, T30N, R23E) excluding all federal lands. The stream flow is 200 cfs MAF at confluence of Methow River and Lost River (Sec.5, T37N, R19E). |
(8) | Myers Creek | Mt. Bonaparte 15 | From the confluence of Myers Creek and Mary Ann Creek (Sec.28, T40N, R30E) downstream to the Canadian Border (Sec.3, same township). |
(9) | Okanogan River* | Oroville* 15 Tonasket 15 Omak Lake 15 Okanogan 15 Bridgeport 15 Conconully 15 | From the United States-Canadian Border crossing Osoyoos Lake (Sec.4&5, T40N, R27E) downstream on both shores to Colville Indian Reservation (Sec.6, T34N, R27E) the west shore only to mouth at Columbia River (Sec.18, T30N, R25E), excluding all federal lands. This stream has over 200 cfs MAF and over 300 sq. miles of drainage area at United States-Canadian Border. |
(10) | Sanpoil River (W. Fk.) | Aeneas Valley 15 Aeneas 15 | From the confluence of West Fork Sanpoil River and Frosty Creek (Sec.12, T35N, R30E) to the Okanogan National Forest boundary (Sec.22, T35N, R31E). |
(11) | Simil- kameen River* | Loomis* 15 Oroville 15 | From the Canadian Border (Sec.4, T40N, R25E) downstream to mouth at Okanogan River (Sec.9, T39N, R27E) excluding all federal lands. This stream has over 200 cfs MAF and over 300 sq. miles of drainage at Canadian Border. |
(12) | Sin- lahekin River (Creek) | Conconully 15 Loomis 15 | From the confluence on the Sarsapkin Creek and Sinlahekin Creek (Sec.10, T37N, R25E) downstream to mouth at Palmer Lake (Sec.13, T39N, R25E). |
(13) | Toats Coulee Creek | Horseshoe Basin 15 Loomis 15 | From the confluence of South and Middle Fork Toats Coulee Creek (Sec.35, T39N, R24E) downstream to mouth at Sinlahekin Creek (Sec.35, T39N, R25E). |
(14) | Toroda Creek | Bodie Mt. 15 | From the confluence of Beaver Creek and Toroda Creek (Sec.22, T39N, R31E) downstream to the Ferry County line (Sec.25, T40N, R31E) excluding federal lands. |
(15) | Twisp River* | Concrete AMS Winthrop* 7 1/2 Twisp West 7 1/2 Twisp East 7 1/2 | From the Okanogan National Forest boundary (Sec.10, T33N, R21E) downstream to mouth at Methow River (Sec.8, T33N, R22E). The flow exceeds 200 cfs MAF at Okanogan N.F. boundary. |
(16) | Wolf Creek | Concrete AMS Thompson Ridge 7 1/2 Winthrop 7 1/2 | From the Okanogan National Forest boundary (Sec.6, T34N, R21E) downstream to mouth at Methow River (Sec.32, T35N, R21E). |
Wash. Admin. Code § 173-18-280
Statutory Authority: RCW 90.58.120 and 90.58.200. 88-03-070 (Order DE 87-45), § 173-18-280, filed 1/20/88. Statutory Authority: RCW 90.58.030, 90.58.120 and 90.58.300. 87-20-050 (Order DE 87-35), § 173-18-280, filed 10/2/87; Order DE 77-15, § 173-18-280, filed 9/1/77; Order DE 76-14, § 173-18-280, filed 5/3/76; Order 73-14, § 173-18-280, filed 8/27/73; Order DE 72-13, § 173-18-280, filed 6/30/72.