Stream List, Volunteer Salmon Watcher Program
Salmon Watching
Stream List
The table below is a general representation of the salmon species reported in Lake Washington Watershed rivers, streams, and tributaries by the program's volunteers from 1996 to 2015. Not all sightings were verified, and all sightings were made from program volunteers, whose fish identification skills varied from novice to professional. Additionally, this table does not indicate how frequently the streams were watched, so streams that were not watched often may not adequately portray fish presence.
For a refresher on fish species, see our fish identification gallery.
Creek Name |
Chinook |
Sockeye |
Coho |
Kokanee |
Chum |
Pink |
Trout |
Big Bear Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Stray |
Yes |
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Boeing Creek |
V. Rare |
Yes |
Yes |
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Boren Creek |
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Carey Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Carillon Creek |
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Cedar River |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Unconf. |
Stray |
Stray |
Yes |
Cedar River side channel at Dorre Don |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Stray |
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Coal Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Coal Creek Trib. 0273 |
V. Rare |
Rare |
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Cold Creek |
Rare |
Yes |
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Colin Creek |
Rare |
Rare |
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Cottage Lake Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Stray |
Yes |
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Cottage Lake Creek Trib. 0127 |
V. Rare |
V. Rare |
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Cutthroat Creek |
Yes |
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Denny Creek |
V. Rare |
Rare |
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East Creek |
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East Fork Issaquah Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Unconf. |
Yes |
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Ebright Creek |
Yes |
Rare |
Yes |
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Evans Creek |
Rare |
Yes |
Rare |
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Forbes Creek |
V. Rare |
V. Rare |
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Goff Creek |
Yes |
V. Rare |
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Great Dane Creek |
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Holder Creek |
Rare |
Rare |
Yes |
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Horse Creek |
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Yes |
V. Rare |
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Idylwood Creek |
V. Rare |
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John’s Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Issaquah Creek |
Yes |
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Juanita Creek |
Rare |
Rare |
Rare |
Yes |
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Kelsey Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Laughing Jacobs Creek |
V. Rare |
V. Rare |
Stray |
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Lewis Creek |
Rare |
V. Rare |
Yes |
Stray |
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Little Bear Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Stray |
Yes |
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Longfellow Creek* |
V. Rare |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Lyon Creek |
Yes |
V. Rare |
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Mackey Creek |
Yes |
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Maple Leaf Cr. (seeSouth Fork Thornton Creek) |
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Maplewood Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Rare |
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May Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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McAleer Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Mercer Slough |
Yes |
Yes |
Rare |
V. Rare |
Stray |
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Yes |
North Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Stray |
Yes |
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Penny Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
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Peters Creek |
Rare |
Rare |
V. Rare |
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Peterson Creek |
V. Rare |
V. Rare |
Yes |
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Pipers Creek* |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Richards Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Rock Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Rutherford Creek |
V. Rare |
V. Rare |
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Sammamish River |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Scriber Creek |
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Sears Creek |
V. Rare |
V. Rare |
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Seidel Creek |
V. Rare |
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South Fork Thornton Creek |
V. Rare |
V. Rare |
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Struve Creek |
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V. Rare |
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Sturtevant Creek |
V. Rare |
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Swamp Creek |
V. Rare |
Rare |
Yes |
V. Rare |
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Tambark Creek |
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Yes |
Taylor Creek (Cedar) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Taylor Creek (Lake WA trib) |
Yes |
V. Rare |
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Thornton Creek |
V. Rare |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Tibbetts Creek |
V. Rare |
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Totem Lake Tributary 0235 |
Yes |
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Tributary 0141 to Sammamish R. |
V. Rare |
V. Rare |
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Valley Creek |
V. Rare |
Stray |
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Vasa Creek |
Yes |
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Venema Creek |
Yes |
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Walsh Lake Diversion |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Stray |
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West Trib. Kelsey Creek |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Willow Creek |
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Woodin Creek |
V. Rare |
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Yarrow Creek |
Yes |
*Creek not in the Lake Washington Watershed but was included in the Salmon Watcher Program because it was in the City of Seattle's jurisdiction, and Seattle was a program partner.