Beckler River

	Beckler River
	The Beckler River at the Beckler River Campground near Skykomish
	Data
location	King County / Snohomish County , Washington , USA
River system	Snohomish River
Drain over	Snoqualmie River → Snohomish River → Puget Sound
Source in the cascade chain	Near Jack Pass, ; 47 ° 52 ′ 36 ″ N , 121 ° 19 ′ 16 ″ W.
muzzle	South Fork Skykomish River Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 54 " N , 121 ° 20 ′ 21" W 47 ° 42 ′ 54 " N , 121 ° 20 ′ 21" W;
length	21.3 km
Catchment area	155.4 km²

The Beckler River is a tributary of the South Fork Skykomish River in King and Snohomish Counties in Washington state . It rises near Jack Pass and flows about 8 km southeast, where it receives the Rapid River , its main tributary. The Beckler River then generally flows south for about eight miles, where it pours into the South Fork of the Skykomish River.

The upper reaches of the Beckler River flows through a narrow, steep and densely forested valley, the slopes of which rise more than 1,200 m above the valley floor. At its lower reaches the part widens slightly. On the last half mile (approx. 800 m) it opens into the South Fork Skykomish Valley . The only municipality in the region is Skykomish .

Almost all tributaries of the Beckler River (with the exception of the Rapid River) show the characteristics of mountain streams with numerous cascades and rapids in narrow channels and with rocky and stony river beds. The Rapid River is similar in its upper course, but calms down on the last 4 ... 6 kilometers of its course. Much of the Rapid River catchment area was cleared.

Most of the Beckler River's catchment area lies within the Wild Sky Wilderness , although the river itself is not one of them. The catchment area of the Rapid River lies within the Wild Sky Wilderness and the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness . Parts of the main stream of the Rapid River lie in both wilderness areas, which are part of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest . The Forest Service Road 65 (the Beckler River Road ) runs from US Highway 2 along the river to Jack Pass and connects to the Forest Service Road 63 (the North Fork Skykomish Road ) to.

course

The Beckler River rises south of Jack Pass, west of Frog Mountain, east of Bear Mountain in the central Northern Cascade Range . It flows generally south and takes Evergreen Creek from the east; then he passes the San Juan Hill on its east side. The Boulder Creek , from Boulder Lake Coming, reaches the Beckler River from the west, the Bull Bucker Creek from the east. A longer tributary, Fourth of July Creek , enters the river from the west after traveling many miles from Fourth of July Lake near Townsend Mountain and Burley Mountain . The main tributary of the Beckler River, the Rapid River, flows a short distance downstream. Below its mouth, the Beckler River takes on Johnson Creek and then Harlan Creek from the east. The river passes Eagle Rock on its east side and Beckler Peak on its west side. The Eagle Creek flows to from the West after his source close to the many miles Eagle Lake , just above the Paradise Meadow has come. Eagle Lake and Paradise Meadow are separated from Barclay Lake , a popular hiking destination near Mount Baring , by a not very high but rugged pass . Below the tributary of Eagle Creek , the valley of the Beckler River widens a little. The Beckler River Campground is here on the banks of the lower reaches. Just below this, the Beckler River flows into the South Fork Skykomish River near the town of Skykomish.

The runoff values measured near Skykomish are the following:

Average value: 17.1 m³ / s
Maximum: 484.2 m³ / s
Minimum: 1.4 m³ / s

history

The Beckler River is named after Elbridge H. Beckler, the chief engineer of the Pacific expansion of the Great Northern Railway from 1889 to 1893. The nearby Beckler Peak is also named after him.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the USGS undertook a massive mapping project in the Cascade Range north of Snoqualmie Pass . The Beckler River area was explored for this project in 1902 by WC Guerin. Prospectors had already thoroughly explored the region in the 1890s. Ore discoveries sparked economic boom in the late 19th century, particularly in Monte Cristo . The main route to Monte Cristo, before alternative routes were found, ran north of Index over the North Fork Skykomish River . The Beckler River offered a different route, over the Jack Pass to the North Fork Skykomish River .

nature

King and silver salmon cavort in the Beckler River . The spawning areas of the king salmon are mainly in the Beckler and the lower Rapid River. The silver salmon prefer the faster flowing tributaries of the Beckler River and some of the tributaries. Adult salmon benefit from a “trap and haul” promotion that takes them by truck over a barrier on the lower South Fork Skykomish River .

Tributaries

The tributaries of the Beckler River are arranged (incomplete) from the lower to the upper reaches:

Bolt Creek
Eagle Creek
- Eagle Lake
Johnson Creek
- Bertha Lake
Rapid River
- Meadow Creek
- North Fork Rapid River
Fourth of July Creek
Bullbucker Creek
Boulder Creek
- Boulder Lake
Evergreen Creek

Individual evidence

↑ Watershed Boundary Dataset . USDA , Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartography & Geospatial Center. Archived from the original on October 8, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010. ArcExplorer GIS data viewer.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Beckler River Drainage . Snohomish County Surface Water Management Department. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved on August 2, 2009.
↑ General information on the course comes mainly from the topographic maps of the USGS, access was via the "GNIS in Google Map" feature of the USGS on the Geographic Names Information System website.
↑ Historical data, water years 1929-1933 and 1946-1949, for USGS gage 12131000, Beckler River near Skykomish, WA . USGS . Retrieved August 3, 2009.
^ ^A ^b Fred Beckey: Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes: Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass , 3rd. Edition, The Mountaineers, 2003, ISBN 0-89886-423-2 , pp. 32, 31, 48.
^ JoAnn Roe: Stevens Pass: The Story of Railroading and Recreation in the North Cascades . Caxton Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-87004-428-1 , p. 151.

[WBD-1] Watershed Boundary Dataset . USDA , Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartography & Geospatial Center. Archived from the original on October 8, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010. ArcExplorer GIS data viewer.

[snobeckler-2] Beckler River Drainage . Snohomish County Surface Water Management Department. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved on August 2, 2009.

[course-3] General information on the course comes mainly from the topographic maps of the USGS, access was via the "GNIS in Google Map" feature of the USGS on the Geographic Names Information System website.

[discharge-4] Historical data, water years 1929-1933 and 1946-1949, for USGS gage 12131000, Beckler River near Skykomish, WA . USGS . Retrieved August 3, 2009.

[beckey-5] A ^b Fred Beckey: Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes: Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass , 3rd. Edition, The Mountaineers, 2003, ISBN 0-89886-423-2 , pp. 32, 31, 48.

[roe-6] JoAnn Roe: Stevens Pass: The Story of Railroading and Recreation in the North Cascades . Caxton Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-87004-428-1 , p. 151.