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Photo showing Miller Creek stream identification sign

Monitoring Information:
How Are Miller and Walker Creeks Doing?

This Web page provides information on the condition of Miller and Walker Creeks. It includes or links to information on:

In 2008, the basin partners -- the City of Burien, City of Normandy Park, City of SeaTac, King County, and the Port of Seattle -- will work with other interested parties to evaluate what additional monitoring would be worthwhile and take steps to carry it out.

Further monitoring information will be added to this page as it becomes available.

Water Quantity (Hydrology or Flow)

Stream Gage Information
There are five active gages and additional inactive gages that record flow in Miller and Walker Creeks. At the King County website, type in the number "42" to list all gages on Miller and Walker Creeks. This Web site will allow you to display information in graph form to illustrate the dramatic peaks of stormwater runoff.

Hyrdologic Modeling
While not a source of current data from the stream, this page provides background on how land uses affect flow in the streams by influencing the volume of stormwater runoff.

Water Quality

Miller Creek Water Quality Information - Department of Ecology

Habitat Quality

Miller and Walker Creeks Basin Plan - Appendix C: Habitat Characteristics and Identified Problems of Miller and Walker Creeks (Adobe Acrobat 4.6 MB)
This appendix to the Miller and Walker Creeks Basin Plan (Adobe Acrobat 5.7 MB) uses multiple information sources to characterize stream reaches and summarize habitat conditions/problems in each.

Wild Fish Conservancy Stream Typing
Wild Fish Conservancy (formerly Washington Trout) conducted stream typing surveys on Miller/Walker Creeks in 2003. These surveys categorized reaches of the stream based on size, access, and/or fish presence. Photos and reports characterize habitat conditions.

Fish Use

Stream Blog

Wild Fish Conservancy Stream Typing
Wild Fish Conservancy (formerly Washington Trout) conducted stream typing surveys on Miller/Walker Creeks in 2003. These surveys categorized reaches of the stream based on size, access, and/or fish presence. There are many photos of fish found in Miller and Walker Creeks.

Stewardship of the Miller/Walker Creeks basin is jointly funded by the City of Burien, City of Normandy Park, City of SeaTac, King County, and the Port of Seattle. On behalf of the partners, this page is proudly hosted by King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks - Water and Land Resources Division.

Back to the Miller and Walker Creeks Stewardship home page

For questions about this Web page, please contact Dennis Clark, Miller/Walker Creeks Basin Steward.

For questions about the Water and Land Resources Website, please contact Fred Bentler, webmaster.

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Updated: December 11, 2007

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