Boeing Creek | |
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Etymology | William Boeing |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | King |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Shoreline |
• location | Greenwood Ave and Carlyle Hall Rd, King County, Washington |
• coordinates | 47°45′2″N 122°21′27″W / 47.75056°N 122.35750°W[1] |
• elevation | 380 ft (120 m)[2] |
Mouth | Puget Sound |
• location | King County, Washington |
• coordinates | 47°44′57″N 122°22′56″W / 47.74917°N 122.38222°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Length | 1.6 mi (2.6 km) |
Basin size | 11.74 sq mi (30.4 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | Gage 04j at river mile 0.4 |
• average | 2.7 cu ft/s (0.076 m3/s) |
• minimum | 1.06 cu ft/s (0.030 m3/s) |
• maximum | 16.86 cu ft/s (0.477 m3/s) |
Boeing Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington, located in the city of Shoreline, just north of Seattle. It is about 1.6 miles (2.6 km) long and empties into Puget Sound.[3] The creek is heavily modified along its course, and in many places has been diverted into culverts. The watershed of Boeing Creek is about 11.2 square miles (29 km2) in size, with two main tributaries aside from the mainstem. The creek takes its name from William Boeing, who built a mansion along the creek in 1913. Despite the river modifications and stormwater pollution, the creek supports a variety of riparian habitats, native animals and fishes.