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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

Wash. Admin. Code § 173-511-040

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Current through Register Vol. 24-23, December 1, 2024
Section 173-511-040 - Surface water source limitations to further consumptive appropriations
(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

Stream or Lake

Section, Township,

and Range of

Mouth or Outlet

Tributary to

Period of Closure

Mashel River

NE1/4SW1/4 Sec. 29,

T16N, R4E

and all tributaries

Nisqually River

June 1 - Oct. 31

Red Salmon Creek

(Mounts Creek)

NE1/4NW1/4 Sec. 33,

T19N, R1E

and all tributaries

Nisqually River

April 1 - Oct. 31

Clear Creek

NE1/4SE1/4 Sec. 21,

T18N, R1E

and all tributaries

Nisqually River

April 1 - Oct. 31

Tanwax Creek

NW1/4NE1/4 Sec.20,

T16N, R3E

and all tributaries

Nisqually River

April 1 - Oct. 31

McAllister Creek

(except Medicine Creek)

NW1/4N1/4 Sec. 6,

T18N, R1E

and all tributaries

Puget Sound

all year

Lake Saint Clair

SE1/4NW1/4 Sec. 6,

T17N, R1E

all year

Toboton Creek

(above Hopson Road)

SW1/4SW1/4 Sec. 19,

T16N, R3E

and all tributaries

Nisqually River

April 1 - Nov. 30

Lackamas Creek

SE1/4SE1/4 Sec. 13,

T16N, R2E

and all tributaries

Nisqually River

April 1 - Nov. 30

Murray Creek

NW1/4NW1/4 Sec. 16,

T17N, R2E

Nisqually River

April 1 - Nov. 30

Bypass Reach,

Nisqually River

NE1/4SE1/4 Sec. 11,

T17N, R1E

Puget Sound

June 1 - Oct. 31

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

Stream

Tributary to

Action

Dates

Eaton Creek

SE1/4NW1/4 Sec. 6,

T17N, R1E

Lake St. Clair

Closure

12/1/53

Harts Lake and

outlet streams

SW1/4SE1/4 Sec. 1,

T16N, R2E

Nisqually River

Low Flow (0.5

cfs bypass)

10/7/44

Horn Creek

SW1/4NE1/4 Sec. 1,

T16N, R2E

Nisqually River

Closure

7/22/74

Muck Creek

and all tributaries

SW1/4SW1/4 Sec. 36,

T18N, R1E

Nisqually River

Closure

5/26/48

Ohop Creek

and all tributaries

SW1/4NE1/4 Sec. 25,

T16N, R3E

Nisqually River

Closure

2/15/52

Ohop Lake

NE1/4SE1/4 Sec. 10,

T16N, R1E

Ohop Creek

Lake Level

(523 ft)

3/25/66

Thompson Creek

and all tributaries

SE1/4NE1/4 Sec. 11,

T17N, R1E

Nisqually River

Low Flow (1.0

cfs bypass)

11/19/51

Unnamed Stream

and all tributaries

SW1/4NW1/4 Sec. 11,

T15N, R4E

Alder Lake

(Nisqually River)

Closure

4/28/64

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

Unnamed Stream

and all tributaries

SE1/4SE1/4 Sec. 27,

T17N, R2E

Nisqually River

Low Flow (0.50

cfs bypass)

12/6/50

Yelm Creek

and all tributaries

SW1/4SW1/4 Sec. 12,

T.17N, R1E

Nisqually River

Closure

8/7/51

Wash. Admin. Code § 173-511-040

Statutory Authority: Chapters 90.22 and 90.54 RCW. 81-04-028 (Order DE 80-42), § 173-511-040, filed 2/2/81.