Cold Creek (Keechelus tributary)

== Overview ==

[[File:Image.png|thumb|907x907px|Map of the Cold Creek watershed as depicted in WDFW's Fish Passage Web Map.]]

This page is for information on Cold Creek, a tributary to Keechelus reservoir in Kittitas County, WA. Cold Creek enters the west side of Keechelus Reservoir near Snoqualmie Pass. It is a second-order stream draining a watershed of approximately 13.5 sq. km. The headwaters of the creek flow out of four small lakes on the north slopes of Tinkham Peak into the Twin Lakes. From the outlet of Twin Lakes, Cold Creek flows approximately 3.2 kilometers before entering Keechelus Reservoir.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Jeff |url=https://ybfwrb.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Thomas_2001b.pdf |title=Hydrologic and water temperature investigation of tributaries to Keechelus Reservoir Report |date=March 30, 2001 |publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mid-Columbia River Fishery Resource Office, Yakima Sub-Office |year=2001}}</ref> Today the watershed is entirely owned by the US Forest Service, which acquired the checkerboarded Plum Creek private timberlands in the early 2000s.