Lake Washington Watershed (WRIA 8)
Updated: July 2017
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Land Characteristics
Basin Area
4,551 Total Acres
City Area
13.2%
Drainage Jurisdiction(s)
Bellevue: 62.6%
Beaux Arts: 0.0%
Clyde Hill: 0.0%
Issaquah: 0.0%
King County: 23.4%
Kirkland: 0.0%
Medina: 0.0%
Newcastle: 13.9%
Redmond: 0.0%
Renton: 0.0%
Lowest Elevation
18 Ft
Highest Elevation
1,563 Ft
Total Length of Open Channel
20.0 Miles
Total Length of Storm Drainage Pipes:
65.7 Miles
Salmon Present in the Basin
- Chinook*+
- Coho+ (juveniles)
- Sockeye
- Rainbow & Cutthroat Trout
- Steelhead
- Coho+
* Listed Federal Endangered Species
+ City Species of Local Importance (Bellevue Land Use Code 20.25H.150A)
Population
The population density in Bellevue ranges from 1,344 to 9,851 people per square mile.
Basin Population (2016)
17,699
% of all Basins
11.7%
Basin Population Density
2,489 People per Square Mile
Land Use
| Entire Basin | Within Bellevue | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Right of Way | 11.1% | 15.6% |
| Commercial/Office | 7.1% | 0.5% |
| Industrial | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Institutional/Government | 2.0% | 2.5% |
| Mixed Use/Misc | 4.1% | 5.3% |
| Multi-Family | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Open Space/Park | 36.8% | 20.3% |
| Single Family Residential | 34.5% | 51.2% |
| Unknown | 3.0% | 4.4% |
Land Cover
| Entire Basin | Within Bellevue | |
|---|---|---|
| Impervious | 23.0% | 32.0% |
| Tree Canopy | 55.0% | 44.8% |
| Impervious in 100 Ft Stream Buffer | 8.2% | 9.9% |
| Tree Canopy in 100 Ft Stream Buffer | 86.2% | 83.2% |