WHAT IS A WATERSHED

This description of a watershed was taken from the US EPA “What is a Watershed” website: http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/whatis.html

We refer to watersheds by their proper name as well as by a grouping of numbers. This set of numbers is called the watershed's Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) also known as the watershed address. The HUC can range from 2 to 16 digits long - more numbers means it’s the address of a smaller watershed. There are two different watersheds within the Palouse Conservation District:

HUC: 17060107- Lower Snake-Tucannon

Rivers and streams that make up the Lower Snake-Tucannon Watershed:

Wawawai Creek

Steptoe Creek

HUC: 17060108-Palouse

Rivers and stream that make up the Palouse Watershed:

Main Stem Palouse River (Union Flat Creek Subwatershed)

Dry Creek

Thorn Creek

South Fork Palouse River

Missouri Flat Creek

Paradise Creek

Fourmile Creek

Sunshine Creek

North Fork Palouse River

Silver Creek

Clear Creek

Duffield Creek

Cedar Creek