Raging River

Raging River
Location
State	Washington
County	King
Physical characteristics
Source	South side of Rattlesnake Ridge
Mouth	Snoqualmie River
Discharge
• location	USGS gage 12145500, near Fall City, WA, river mile 2.6[1]
• average	130 cu ft/s (3.7 m3/s)[1]
• minimum	4.4 cu ft/s (0.12 m3/s)
• maximum	3,340 cu ft/s (95 m3/s)

The Raging River is a tributary of the Snoqualmie River in western Washington state in the United States. It is located in the western foothills of the Cascade Mountains in east central King County, Washington. It gets its name from the large amount of water it sometimes carries. The record discharge at the gaging station is over 4,000 cubic feet (110 m³) per second.^[2] The Raging is a salmon-bearing river and supports one-fifth of the Snoqualmie River's chinook runs.^[3]

The river begins in the valley formed by Rattlesnake Ridge to the east and Taylor Mountain to the west in the Raging River State Forest, managed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. It flows northwest, crossing State Route 18, and then continues north past Tiger Mountain, crossing Interstate 90 near Preston, Washington, and joining the Snoqualmie River near Fall City, Washington. The Raging River watershed is part of the larger Puget Sound drainage basin. The average annual flow in the river is 149 cubic feet (4.2 m³) per second^[4] and the drainage area is 32 square miles.^[5]