Hard Scrabble Falls Creek

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Hard Scrabble Falls Creek
  • Hard Scrabble Creek
  • White Eagle Creek
Hard Scrabble Falls Creek
Location
Country United States
State Washington
Counties Whatcom
Physical characteristics
SourceSteward Mountain
 • coordinates 48°45′28.41″N122°15′26.58″W / 48.7578917°N 122.2573833°W / 48.7578917; -122.2573833 [1]
Mouth South Fork Nooksack River
 • coordinates
 48°45′35.41″N122°13′3.57″W / 48.7598361°N 122.2176583°W / 48.7598361; -122.2176583 [1]
Length1.928 mi (3.103 km) [2]
Basin features
WaterfallsHard Scrabble Falls

Hard Scrabble Falls Creek (or Hard Scrabble Creek) is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] [3] The creek flows down off the sides of Stewart Mountain, into the South Fork Nooksack in Van Zandt, Washington, 4.4 miles south of Deming, Washington. The creek has also been known by White Eagle Creek. [1]

Contents

Hard Scrabble Falls Creek and the accompanying gulch [4] take their name from Hard Scrabble Falls. [5]

Hard Scrabble Falls

There are a series of tiered horsetail waterfalls along the creek, named Hard Scrabble Falls. The falls are on private property and have been closed off to the public due to unruly activity in order to preserve the land around the falls, [6] although the falls can still be seen from Washington State Route 9.

A 1999 article in the Bellingham Herald mentioned Hard Scrabble Falls being a personal favorite, and gave directions on how to get there. [7]

Conservation

The creek has been declared as an "impaired waterbody" by the EPA for low oxygen and temperature, and there are plans in place to restore the creek. [2]

In 2008 a local named Steve Hahn bought the land around Hard Scrabble Falls Creek to save it from a logging company that was planning on clearcutting the area. Over the next several years he worked with the Whatcom Land Trust to turn the land into a conservation easement. [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hard Scrabble Falls Creek
  2. 1 2 "How's My Waterway?". US EPA. 6 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "USGS 12210315 HARD SCRABBLE CREEK NEAR VAN ZANDT. WA". waterdata.usgs.gov.
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hard Scrabble Falls Gulch
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hard Scrabble Falls
  6. ↑ "Hard Scrabble Falls - Northwest Waterfall Survey". www.waterfallsnorthwest.com.
  7. ↑ McQuaide, Mike (February 12, 1999). "Waterfall 'collector' names his favorites". The Bellingham Herald . p. C3.
  8. ↑ Keller, Bob (Spring 2012). "WLT's Business Partner Program" (PDF). The Steward. Vol. 21, no. 1. Whatcom Land Trust. p. 5.

48°45′28.41″N122°15′26.58″W / 48.7578917°N 122.2573833°W / 48.7578917; -122.2573833

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