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The White River is a white, glacial river in the U.S. state of Washington. It flows about 75 miles (121 km) from its source, the Emmons Glacier on Mount Rainier, to join the Puyallup River at Sumner. It defines part of the boundary between King and Pierce counties.
The Stuck River in Washington state is a former small stream turned distributary and later final course of the White River, near Auburn to the Puyallup River at Sumner. The river's name comes from the Lushootseed word /stéq/, "log jam", or /stəx̣/, "gouged through", [1] [2] or "plowed through". [3] Throughout the late 19th century, farmers ...
HAER No. WA-64, "Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project", 162 photos, 3 color transparencies, 25 measured drawings, 39 data pages, 16 photo caption pages HAER No. WA-64-A, " Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, Headgate Operator's House ", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page
Mud Mountain Dam is a dam in King County, Washington, a few miles southeast of Enumclaw.The dam impounds the White River and is used for flood control. [1]The dam was finished in 1948 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, although the project had been authorized by an act of Congress in June 1936.
At Sumner, the Puyallup River is joined by the White River and the valley splits in two, with the Lower Puyallup River Valley leading west-northwest to Commencement Bay along a fault trace associated with the Tacoma Fault Zone, [8] and the Duwamish Valley continuing north along the purely glacial channel towards Seattle.
Detailed map of Mount Rainier's summit and northeast slope showing upper perimeter of Osceola collapse amphitheater (hachured line) The Osceola Mudflow, also known as the Osceola Lahar, was a debris flow and lahar in the U.S. state of Washington that descended from the summit and northeast slope of Mount Rainier, a volcano in the Cascade Range during a period of eruptions about 5,600 years ago.
The project would construct a new six mile (10 km) freeway north of the Puyallup River and complete the partial interchange at Meridian Way (SR 161) with a diverging diamond interchange (DDI). [38] The new freeway would be four lanes with adequate space for future HOV lanes. The interchange with I-5 would also be a DDI, the third in the state.
166th Avenue East / Sumner Tapps Highway East: East end of freeway: Buckley: 11.84: 19.05: SR 165 south – Wilkeson: Northern terminus of SR 165: White River: Bridge over White River: King: Enumclaw: 15.98: 25.72: SR 164 west (Griffin Avenue) to SR 169 north (Porter Street) – Auburn, Renton: Begin Chinook Scenic Byway: Greenwater River: 33. ...