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Rivers of South King County
The intro to the 1950s Superman television show claimed, “He can change the course of mighty rivers.” So it was with early settlers and the rivers of South King County. This illustration charts three major changes that established the area’s current hydrology. The first alteration came as a result of river wars between farmers in King and Pierce counties. In the era before dams modulated river flows, the Kent Valley was subject to frequent floods by the combined forces of the White and Green Rivers. The floods caused significant damage to the growing settlements of Kent and Auburn, where the two rivers merged. King County residents first diverted the White to flow toward Puyallup, but the Pierce County faction blasted a formidable bluff to move the river’s course back to the north. A massive flood in 1906 again sent the White River into the Stuck River and ultimately the Puyallup. Lawsuits were filed and levees were built, but new
we can see from the position we were in yesterday that the river has clearly risen by at least i would say two feet just in the 24 hours from yesterday to today. and we are told it s going to keep rising. it will probably hit what is called moderate flood table sometime tomorrow, then major flood stage around the middle of the week. but there is a little bit of good news about this tuck river. they were predicting it could reach record heights of 18 feet by the end of the week. they are now telling us they think the highest it will reach will be 15.7 feet. it will flood some homes on the banks of the river in conway. but it is looking better than it did this time yesterday in terms of the future for the people of conway. that s a small piece of good news on what are still difficult days across south and north