Snoqualmie River

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Snoqualmie River flooding several miles below the falls in December, 2004

The Snoqualmie River is a 45 mile (72 km) long river in the central portion of King County, Washington. The three main tributaries are the North, Middle, and South Forks, which drain the west side of the Cascade Mountains near the town of North Bend and join near the town of Snoqualmie just above the Snoqualmie Falls. After the falls the river flows north through rich farmland and the towns of Fall City, Carnation, and Duvall before meeting the Skykomish River to form the Snohomish River near Monroe. Other tributaries include the Tolt River at Carnation and the Raging River at Fall City.

1 Flooding
2 Trivia
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Flooding

Stream Gaging Station, Carnation, during the March 13, 2007 flood

The Snoqualmie River is prone to flooding and typically sees multiple flood events annually that inundate local farmland and close low-lying roads. During record level floods, all road access to the towns of Carnation and Duvall becomes closed off. The last two times this happened were during the floods of 2006 and 1990.

The river level of the Snoqualmie River is monitored by six NOAA flood gauges, one on each fork, one just above the falls, one below Carnation, and one near Duvall]. The Tolt River and the Raging River are also monitored by flood gauges.

The Snoqualmie Flood Reduction Project was a controversial Army Corps of Engineers project completed in 2005 to reduce the affect of floods in the town of Snoqualmie by widening the river just above the falls.

[edit] Trivia

The river's Snoqualmie Falls were featured on the television series Twin Peaks. Shots of upriver Snoqualmie also feature in some of the show's title sequences.