Horse Creek Stream Report
Horse Creek is a small urban creek in Bothell, WA nestled between the larger Swamp Creek and North Creek watersheds. The headwaters is at Lake Pleasant near the Snohomish – King County border and the creek flows south along Bothell Way NE through downtown Bothell in a recently restored channel before reaching the outlet into the Sammamish River at Bothell Landing Park.
Monitoring Results
Data Collected by Sno-King Water Watch Volunteers
Key Findings
- Stream temperatures are usually at safe levels for fish but dissolved oxygen levels have dipped below healthy standards for salmonids during multiple monitoring events.
- Bacteria levels are usually safe for recreational contact though there are intermittent periods of high bacteria (unsafe) counts.
- pH, alkalinity, and hardness tests were mostly within a standard range during this sampling time period. Readings out of the normal range might indicate water pollution or contamination.
- Turbidity fluctuates throughout the monitoring period with a few highly turbid periods, likely associated with rainfall or storms.
Horse Creek Water Watchers
This is the team of people working to monitor Horse Creek!
Jeremy Jones
Water Watcher and a member of the Sno-King Watershed Council.
Eric Strom
Collected most of the historic data for Horse Creek.
Danielle Schmidtbauer
Water Watcher and member of the Sno-King Watershed Council
To learn more and train as a water monitoring volunteer email: snokingwatershedcouncil@gmail.com
Major support for our program comes from the King County Wastewater Treatment Division Waterworks grant program. Additional support is provided by the Cascade Water Alliance.
