Geographic Units

We have divided the Yakima Basin into geographic reaches based on tributary watersheds and mainstem reaches. While we tried to follow HUC boundaries where possible, this is a unique arrangement that is meant to match how we talk about places in the basin. ADD LINK/IFRAME FOR MAP

The links below take you to individual pages for each area, where you can find detailed information on the watersheds, streams and river reaches in each geographic unit.

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UPPER YAKIMA

Upper Yakima Watershed (USGS HUC 1703000103 Kachess River-Yakima River)

1. Gold Creek
2. Keechelus Lake
   1. Cold Creek
3. Upper Kachess River
4. Box Canyon
5. Kachess Lake
6. Cabin Creek
7. Big Creek
8. Upper Yakima River Mainstem
9. Easton Reach of the Yakima River Mainstem
10. Cle Elum Reach of the Yakima River Mainstem

Cle Elum Watershed (USGS HUC 1703000101 Cle Elum River)

1. Waptus River
2. Cooper River
3. Cle Elum River
   1. Cle Elum Lake
   2. Cle Elum Fish Passage Project OR LEAVE FOR NEXT LEVEL DOWN CLE ELUM PAGE?

Teanaway Watershed (USGS HUC 1703000102 CHECK NAME)

1. North Fork Teanaway River
2. Middle Fork Teanaway River
3. West Fork Teanaway River
4. Mainstem Teanaway River

Thorp to Ellensburg (USGS HUC 1703000105 Taneum Creek- Yakima River)

1. Taneum Creek
2. Manastash Creek
3. Reecer Creek
4. Swauk Creek
5. Upper Canyon Yakima River Mainstem
6. Thorp Reach Yakima River Mainstem
7. Ellensburg Reach Yakima River Mainstem

Ellensburg Area Tributaries (USGS HUC 1703000104 Wilson Creek- Cherry Creek)

1. Wilson/Naneum Creeks
3. Coleman Creek
4. Cherry Creek

Yakima Canyon (USGS HUC 1703000107)

1. Umptanum Creek
2. Yakima Canyon
3. Selah Reach Yakima River Mainstem

Wenas Creek (USGS HUC 1703000106)

1. Wenas Creek

LOWER YAKIMA WATERSHED

Gap to Gap

1. Gap to Gap Reach - Yakima River Mainstem
2. Wide Hollow
3. Moxee Drain

Ahtanum (USGS HUC 1703000301)

1. Ahtanum Creek

Wapato Reach

1. Wanity Slough and Marion Drain
2. Deep Canyon - Yakima River Mainstem

Toppenish

1. Simcoe Creek
2. Upper Toppenish Creek
3. Lower Toppenish Creek

Satus

1. Upper Satus Creek
2. Lower Satus Creek
3. Logy Creek
4. Dry Creek

Wapato Reach

1. Wapato Reach - Yakima River Mainstem
2. Granger Drain

Mabton Reach

1. Mabton Reach - Yakima River Mainstem
2. Sulphur Creek Wasteway

Lower Yakima River

1. Prosser Reach - Yakima River Mainstem
2. Lower Mainstem Reach
3. Spring and Snipes Creeks
4. Corral Creek
5. Amon Creek Wasteway
6. Cold Creek