Raging River

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Raging River
Data
location King County , Washington , USA
River system Snohomish River
Drain over Snoqualmie River  → Snohomish River  → Puget Sound
source South side of Rattlesnake Ridge
47 ° 28 ′ 1 ″  N , 121 ° 49 ′ 2 ″  W
muzzle at Fall City in the Snoqualmie River coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ 6 "  N , 121 ° 53 ′ 2"  W 47 ° 34 ′ 6 "  N , 121 ° 53 ′ 2"  W

Catchment area 82.9 km²
Left tributaries Deep Creek ( 47 ° 29 ′ N, 121 ° 54 ′ W )

Soderman Creek ( 47 ° 31 ′ N, 121 ° 56 ′ W )

Right tributaries Canyon Creek ( 47 ° 29 ′ N, 121 ° 52 ′ W )
Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Raging River is a modest tributary of the much larger Snoqualmie River in western Washington State . It is located in the western foothills of the Cascade Range in east central King County . It gets its name from the large amount of water that it carries at times. The record discharge rate is 110 m³ / s. The Raging River is a salmonid body of water and carries one-fifth of the Snoqualmie River's king salmon migration.

The river has its source in the valley formed by the Rattlesnake Ridge east of Taylor Mountain ; it first flows westward into the Raging River State Forest , which is administered by the Washington Department of Natural Resources . It then flows northwest and crosses Washington State Route 18 , after which it continues its course north and passes Tiger Mountain , crosses Interstate 90 near Preston and flows into the Snoqualmie River at Fall City . The catchment area of the Raging River is part of the larger catchment area of ​​the Puget Sound . The average annual discharge of the Raging River is 4.2 m³ / s, the catchment area is 82.9 km².

The following runoff values ​​were measured near Fall City at river kilometer 4.3 (USGS gage 12145500):

  • Average: 3.7 m³ / s
  • Maximum: 94.6 m³ / s
  • Minimum: 0.1 m³ / s

history

By 2009, around half of the land in the Raging River catchment area was privately owned. In the spring of that year, the Washington Department of Natural Resources and King County jointly acquired 28.3 km² of land to fill a void in the Mountains to Sound Greenway .

tourism

Walking and cycling

The Preston-Snoqualmie Trail follows the Raging River and Preston-Fall City Road for approximately 3.4 miles and continues to Snoqualmie Falls . The trail is suitable for cyclists and dogs.

In the winter of 2012, the Washington Department of Natural Resources began public planning to direct recreational opportunities in the Snoqualmie Corridor ; the Raging River State Forest was an explicit part of the planning.

Kayaking

The lower half of the Raging River from Preston to Fall City is five miles long and is rated Class III + (difficult) for kayaking .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Janne Kaje: Snoqualmie Watershed Water Quality Synthesis Report . King County. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ QELP - Raging River discharge . Seattle Central Community College. November 26, 1998. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 27, 2013.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.seattlecentral.org
  3. ^ A b Keith Ervin: Raging River forest acreage to fill gap in I-90 Greenway . Seattle Times. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  4. ↑ King County: Raging River Flooding Information, USGS gage data, map, alert phases, and recent high flows . Archived from the original on February 17, 2004.
  5. ^ Water Resources Data-Washington Water Year 2005; Snohomish River Basin . USGS . Retrieved August 5, 2009.
  6. ^ Karen Sykes: Hike Of The Week: Take your dog and bike to these nearby woods , Seattle Post-Intelligencer . February 13, 2003. 
  7. ↑ Washington Whitewater - Raging River, Northern Cascade Range, King County .

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