STREAMKEEPERS OF CLALLAM COUNTY
HIGHLIGHTS OF FECAL COLIFORM SAMPLING RESULTS, SUMMER 1999 - FALL 2003
FECAL COLIFORM INDICATES POLLUTION WHICH CAN THREATEN THE LIFE OF OUR STREAMS AND BAYS.
Results from our regular quarterly fecal coliform monitoring sites and relation to state standards.
Stream Stream Description Fecal Coliform         % of Samples above Meets state standards?
Name Miles   Geometric Mean 100 (Class AA)   200 (Class A)
Bagley 0 at mouth 26 25   no
Bear (Sol Duc) 0.1 u/s of Hwy 101 5 0   yes
Bell 0.1 at Schmuck Rd 26 11   no
Cassalery 0.5 / 0.6 d/s & u/s of Jamestown Rd 193 72   no
Ennis 0.1 PA treatment plant 32   18 no
Jimmycomelately 0.1 u/s of Old Blyn Hwy 14 7   yes
Johnson 0 u/s of marina 29 17   no
Lake (Sol Duc) 0 at mouth 10 15   no
Lees 0.1 d/s of E. Hidden Way 16   6 yes
Morse 0.3 at 4 Seasons Ranch 9 6   yes
Peabody 0 at mouth 142   47 no
Peabody 0.2 at final culvert at 2nd St 150   50 no
Peabody 1.4 at park vistor center 11   9 yes
Siebert 0.6 at 225 Gehrke Rd 8 6   yes
Tumwater 0.1 u/s of Marine Dr 51   29 no
Valley 0 at mouth 26   20 no
Valley 0.4 at final culvert at 6th St 47   29 no
Valley 1.2 d/s of Hwy 101 8   0 yes
 
NOTE:  WAC 173-201A-030 states that fecal coliform concentrations are in violation of state standards if:
**Class AA freshwater:  geometric mean is > 50 colonies per 100 mL or more than 10% of samples greater than 100
**Class A freshwater:  geometric mean is > 100 colonies per 100 mL or more than 10% of samples greater than 200
In the table above, all waters are class AA except Tumwater, Valley, Peabody, Ennis, and Lees Creeks, which are Class A.