Issaquah Creek

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Issaquah Creek
Issaquah Creek - Upper Dam.jpg
Data
Water code US :  1521275
location King County , Washington , USA
River system Lake Washington Ship Canal
Drain over Sammamish River  → Lake Washington Ship Canal  → Puget Sound
source Issaquah Alps
47 ° 26 ′ 41 ″  N , 121 ° 59 ′ 28 ″  W.
muzzle Lake Sammamish Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '43 "  N , 122 ° 3' 52"  W 47 ° 33 '43 "  N , 122 ° 3' 52"  W.

length 21 km
Catchment area 158 km²
Discharge at gauge USGS 12121600 at river kilometer 1.9 NNQ
MNQ
MHQ
 180 l / s
3.68 m³ / s
90.61 m³ / s

The Issaquah Creek is a small stream running through the city of Issaquah and other nearby communities in the State of Washington is flowing.

course

Its headwaters located on the slopes of the Cougar , Squak , Tiger and Taylor Mountains in the Issaquah Alps . Tributaries of Issaquah Creek are Holder Creek, Carey Creek, Fifteen-mile Creek, McDonald Creek, East Fork Issaquah Creek, and North Fork Issaquah Creek. The stream flows into this at the southern end of Lake Sammamish . The outflow of the lake is the Sammamish River , which itself drains into the Puget Sound via Lake Washington .

nature

The catchment area of Issaquah Creek consists of more than 75% forest and less than 10% is urbanized or has no vegetation. The basin is one of three most urbanized in King County . The upper and middle part of the catchment area is defined as the Regionally Significant Resource Area, as there are extraordinary fish habitats and the area is very little characterized by economic development. The entire basin is an important salmon migration and spawning area. The Carry Creek and the Holder Creek in the upper Issaquah Creek Basin offer salmonids partially excellent habitats.

Every year in October, people gather on its banks to watch the salmon migrate upstream. Fishing in Issaquah Creek is only permitted to anglers under the age of 15 and local Indians .

Issaquah Creek and its tributaries are home to king , silver and sockeye salmon (both the anadromous "sockeye" and the non-migratory "Kokanee") as well as coastal cutthroat and steelhead trout . King and silver salmon are raised by the state-owned Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, which is located three miles (4.8 km) above the mouth of the stream. The hatchery has been releasing king salmon into Issaquah Creek since 1936. Nowadays around two million young king salmon are released annually.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Calculated in Google Earth
  2. ↑ a b c d Issaquah Creek Site 0631 . King County Water and Land Resources Division. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
  3. ^ Water-Data Report 2008, 12121600 Issaquah Creek . USGS . Retrieved August 5, 2009.
  4. ^ Fiona Cohen: See Salmon Run: Salmon-Spotting Places Around Seattle and the Eastside (en) . In: KCTS 9 - Public Television , October 3, 2017. Accessed March 23, 2018. 
  5. ^ Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet . December 22, 2016. Accessed March 22, 2018.
  6. ↑ History of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery - Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery ( en-US ). Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  7. ↑ Timing, abundance, and population characteristics of spawning Chinook salmon in the Cedar / Sammamish Watershed . King County. Retrieved August 5, 2009.

swell

  • Manning, Harvey. 50+ Trails of Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, Squak Mountain State Park, Lake Sammanmish State Park, Coal Creek Park, May Creek Park. Issaquah: Issaquah Alps Trails Club, 1985.

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