Lake Washington Watershed (WRIA 8) / State Stream #08-0259
Updated: July 2017
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Land Characteristics
Basin Area
2,891 Total Acres
City Area
13.5%
Drainage Jurisdiction(s)
Bellevue: 100.0%
Beaux Arts: 0.0%
Clyde Hill: 0.0%
Issaquah: 0.0%
King County: 0.0%
Kirkland: 0.0%
Medina: 0.0%
Newcastle: 0.0%
Redmond: 0.0%
Renton: 0.0%
Lowest Elevation
20 Ft
Highest Elevation
449 Ft
Total Length of Open Channel
10.7 Miles
Total Length of Storm Drainage Pipes:
57.7 Miles
Salmon Present in the Basin
- Chinook*+
- Coho+
- Sockeye
- Cutthroat Trout
* 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)
25,700
% of all Basins
17.0%
Basin Population Density
5,689 People per Square Mile
Land Use
| Entire Basin | Within Bellevue | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Right of Way | 14.5% | 14.5% |
| Commercial/Office | 11.0% | 11.0% |
| Industrial | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Institutional/Government | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Mixed Use/Misc | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| Multi-Family | 7.9% | 7.9% |
| Open Space/Park | 15.5% | 15.5% |
| Single Family Residential | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| Unknown | 6.5% | 6.5% |
Land Cover
| Entire Basin | Within Bellevue | |
|---|---|---|
| Impervious | 41.7% | 41.7% |
| Tree Canopy | 34.5% | 34.5% |
| Impervious in 100 Ft Stream Buffer | 17.7% | 17.7% |
| Tree Canopy in 100 Ft Stream Buffer | 53.9% | 53.9% |