Text Box: CLALLAM COUNTY WATER-BODY SEGMENTS ON THE 2004 WA. STATE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT [COMBINED 303(d) & 305(b) REPORT], AS REQUIRED UNDER THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT This list, approved by EPA and released on 11/4/05, contains all water-body segments in Clallam County for which data was submitted and accepted by the Washington State Dept. of Ecology (DOE), which is delegated by EPA to compile the list and assess the condition of the state's waters on a biennial basis. The list classifies the data about a given water-body segment into various "grade" categories ranging from "meets standards" to "impaired". Different types of data (i.e., parameters) on a particular segment could be classified into different grade categories, so that a given segment might be listed in each of the grade categories below, for different parameters. (For example, a segment might be "Impaired" for fecal coliform, "Of Concern" for dissolved oxygen, and "Meets Standards" for temperature.) Segments are listed below by impairment category, and within each category are arranged alphabetically. NOTE: There are some errors in DOE's listings, noted below, which DOE has not corrected in the listings on their website. These errors will be corrected when DOE publishes their next update of the list, scheduled for spring 2006. ABBREVIATIONS: WRIA = State Water Resource Inventory Area; TN = Township; RN = Range; SC = Section SOURCES: SK = Streamkeepers; ONP/ONF = Olympic National Park/Forest; DOE/DOH = WA Dept. of Ecology/Health
Text Box: CATEGORY 5: IMPAIRED BY A SPECIFIED POLLUTANT [A.K.A. "THE 303(d) LIST"] These are sites where some entity or combination of entities found sufficient violation of state water quality standards for one or more specified pollutants (as defined by state statute) to qualify the site for the "Impaired Waters" [303(d)] list under the federal Clean Water Act. At these sites, the WA Dept. of Ecology will be required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to eventually devise cleanup plans (a.k.a., "Total Maximum Daily Loads," or "TMDLs") under the Clean Water Act.
Listing ID+link WRIA Name TN RN SC Site(s) if SK Parameter           Source Problems with listing  
6972 18 BAGLEY CREEK 30N 05W 16   Fecal Coliform Clallam County  
42889 20 BEAR CREEK 30N 11W 13 5.1 Dissolved oxygen SK  
7692 20 BEAVER CREEK 30N 12W 30   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
42965 18 BELL CREEK 30N 03W 22 0.1 Dissolved oxygen SK  
42966 18 BELL CREEK 30N 03W 21 0.8 Dissolved oxygen SK  
7685 18 BELL CREEK 30N 03W 22 0.1 Fecal Coliform SK Not based on recent data
6754 20 BIG RIVER 30N 15W 10   pH ONP  
7696 20 BOGACHIEL RIVER 28N 14W 13   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7693 20 BOGACHIEL RIVER 28N 14W 29   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7697 20 BOGACHIEL RIVER 28N 13W 18   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7701 20 BOGACHIEL RIVER 27N 12W 06   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7698 20 BOGACHIEL RIVER 28N 13W 20   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7699 20 BOGACHIEL RIVER 28N 13W 28   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7700 20 BOGACHIEL RIVER 28N 13N 34   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
35021 20 CALAWAH RIVER, S.F.  28N 12W 10   Temperature ONF  
42819 18 CASSALERY CREEK 30N 03W 05 0.5 Dissolved oxygen SK  
21444 18 CASSALERY CREEK 30N 03W 05 0.5, 06 Fecal Coliform SK  
6973 18 CASSALERY CREEK 31N 03W 32   Fecal Coliform Clallam County  
6885 19 CLALLAM RIVER 32N 12W 21   Temperature Elwha Klallam Tribe  
6884 19 CLALLAM RIVER 31N 12W 04   Temperature Elwha Klallam Tribe  
5813 20 COAL CREEK 31N 15W 29   pH ONP  
7703 20 COAL CREEK 28N 15W 12   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7704 20 COAL CREEK 29N 15W 35   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
5815 20 CROOKED CREEK 30N 15W 14   pH ONP  
7705 20 CROOKED CREEK, N.F. 30N 14W 18   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
6226 19 DEEP CREEK 31N 10W 31   Fine Sediment Elwha Klallam Tribe  
6227 19 DEEP CREEK 31N 10W 30   Fine Sediment Elwha Klallam Tribe  
6231 19 DEEP CREEK 31N 10W 19   Fine Sediment Elwha Klallam Tribe  
34999 19 DEEP CREEK 30N 11W 01   Temperature ONF  
6881 19 DEEP CREEK 31N 10W 30   Temperature Schuett-Hames and Malkin  
6879 19 DEEP CREEK 31N 10W 19   Temperature Schuett-Hames and Malkin  
6880 19 DEEP CREEK 31N 10W 31   Temperature Schuett-Hames and Malkin  
16743 20 DICKEY RIVER 29N 14W 31   Fecal Coliform DOE  
7708 20 DICKEY RIVER, E.F. 30N 13W 30   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7707 20 DICKEY RIVER, E.F. 29N 14W 29   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7710 20 DICKEY RIVER, M.F. 30N 14W 14   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7709 20 DICKEY RIVER, M.F. 30N 14W 23   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7712 20 DICKEY RIVER, W.F.  30N 14W 21   Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7711 20 DICKEY RIVER, W.F. 29N 14W 30 Temperature Quileute Tribe  
6878 18 DRY CREEK 30N 07W 12   Temperature Elwha Klallam Tribe  
40383 18 DUNGENESS BAY         Fecal Coliform DOH  
7713 20 ELK CREEK 27N 12W 35 Temperature Horrocks and Lombard  
6579 18 ELWHA RIVER 30N 07W 28 Temperature Hallock DOE  
7023 18 ELWHA RIVER 30N 07W 10 Total PCBs Serdar  
6898 20 FISHER CREEK 27N 10W 34 Temperature Hoh Tribe  
7688 19 GREEN CREEK 31N 21W 22 Temperature Caldwell  
42824 17 JIMMYCOMELATELY CREEK 29N 03W 12 0.1, 0.6 Dissolved oxygen SK  
21543 17 JIMMYCOMELATELY CREEK 29N 03W 12 0.1 Fecal Coliform SK Sufficient data points?
7674 17 JOHNSON CREEK 30N 03W 27 0.1 Fecal Coliform SK  
7715 20 LAKE CREEK 30N 13W 33 Dissolved oxygen Quileute Tribe  
7716 20 LAKE CREEK 30N 13W 34 1.6 Dissolved oxygen SK & Quileute Tribe  
42844 20 LAKE CREEK 29N 13W 04 0.7 Dissolved oxygen SK  
7714 20 LAKE CREEK 30N 13W 33 Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7717 20 LAKE CREEK 30N 13W 34 1.6 Temperature SK  
6894 20 LINE CREEK  26N 10W 03 Temperature Hoh Tribe  
6883 19 LITTLE HOKO RIVER 32N 13W 26 Temperature Elwha Klallam Tribe  
6882 19 LITTLE HOKO RIVER 32N 13W 22 Temperature Elwha Klallam Tribe  
7718 20 MAXFIELD CREEK 28N 14W 28 Temperature Quileute Tribe  
9924 18 MEADOWBROOK CREEK 31N 03W 37 Fecal Coliform DOE Listed as "McAllister"
9925 18 MEADOWBROOK CREEK 31N 03W 31 Fecal Coliform DOE Listed as "McAllister"
6897 20 NOLAN CREEK 26N 13W 24 Temperature Hoh Tribe  
6890 20 OWL CREEK 27N 11W 35 Temperature Hatten & Hoh Tribe  
21467 18 PEABODY CREEK 30N 06W 01 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 0.4, 0.5, 0.9, 1.0 Fecal Coliform SK  
10312 18 PORT ANGELES HARBOR       Dissolved oxygen DOE  
7689 19 SEKIU RIVER 32N 13W 08 Temperature Makah Tribe  
7690 19 SEKIU RIVER, N.F. 32N 14W 15 Temperature Makah Tribe  
7691 19 SEKIU RIVER, S.F. 32N 14W 15 Temperature Makah Tribe  
42979 18 SIEBERT CREEK, W.F. 29N 05W 22 WF 2.3 Dissolved oxygen SK Not based on sufficient data
35023 20 SITKUM RIVER 28N 12W 10 Temperature ONF  
35026 20 SITKUM RIVER 28N 12W 12 Temperature ONF  
14131 20 SIWASH CREEK 30N 15W 34 0.0 Dissolved oxygen SK & ONP  
5824 20 SOLEDUCK RIVER 29N 09W 32 pH ONP  
7728 20 SOLEDUCK RIVER 30N 11W 27 Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7724 20 SOLEDUCK RIVER 28N 14W 11 Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7725 20 SOLEDUCK RIVER 29N 13W 28 Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7727 20 SOLEDUCK RIVER 29N 13W 10 Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7723 20 SOLEDUCK RIVER 28N 14W 17 Temperature Quileute Tribe  
7726 20 SOLEDUCK RIVER 29N 13W 16 Temperature Quileute Tribe  
6752 20 SOUTH CREEK 29N 15W 10 0.0 Dissolved oxygen SK & ONP  
40385 18 STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA (E)         Fecal Coliform DOH  
40386 18 STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA (E)         Fecal Coliform DOH  
40387 18 STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA (E)         Fecal Coliform DOH  
40377 18 STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA (E)         Fecal Coliform DOH  
40382 18 STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA (E)         Fecal Coliform DOH  
40380 18 STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA (E)         Fecal Coliform DOH  
40379 18 STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA (E)         Fecal Coliform DOH  
40384 18 STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA (E)         Fecal Coliform DOH  
40419 19 STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA (W)        Fecal Coliform DOH  
21484 18 TUMWATER CREEK 30N 06W 01 0.1, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8  Fecal Coliform SK  
9927 18 UNNAMED (Dung. District Ditch) 34N 21E 33 Fecal Coliform DOE  
Text Box: SPECIAL CATEGORY 2: BIOLOGICALLY IMPAIRED SITES WHERE DOE MUST CONDUCT FURTHER ASSESSMENT These are sites where Streamkeepers (and in two cases the Dept. of Ecology) found biological impairment as evidenced by "bioassessment" of benthic macroinvertebrate ("stream bug") data. In the case of Streamkeepers, the assessment tool was the 10-metric genus-level Benthic Index of Biological Integrity for the Puget Sound Lowlands, as developed by James Karr and his students at the University of Washington (for details, see http://www.clallam.net/streamkeepers/html/benthic_index.html). At these sites, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requiring the WA Dept. of Ecology to perform further assessment for specific pollutants by 2006 to determine if they belong on the official Impaired Waters [303(d)] list, which would require federally-mandated cleanup plans ("TMDLs") under the Clean Water Act.
Listing ID+link WRIA Name TN RN SC Site(s) if SK Is DOE's listing correct? Problems/Concerns with DOE's listing