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Stuckey LCW-005
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- 1956-08-14 (Creation)
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Leach Creek, looking upstream near the Frederick's home, shown in right background. 18 1/2 feet measured from the water's surface to the basement and patio level of home. As this August 14, 1956, photograph shows, there were some homes built very close to the creek and therefore subject to potential flooding. Leach Creek Watershed has an area of 5000 acres according to Brown & Caldwell, a San Francisco civil and chemical engineering firm commissioned to do a preliminary study on storm drainage in the watershed. Most of the acreage lies within Pierce County territory with a slightly lesser amount within Tacoma city limits and 440 acres in Fircrest. The creek is fed by springs in a wooded marsh just south of Fircrest and numerous other springs throughout its length. (NWR 628.2 T135R)
Leach Creek; Leach Creek Watershed; Streams;