The South Fork Touchet River is a 16.2-mile (26.1 km)[3] river in Columbia County, Washington, and a headwater of the Touchet River. It originates in the Umatilla National Forest in the northern Blue Mountains at the confluence of the Burnt Fork and Green Fork; a small portion of the Green Fork is in Walla Walla County.[4] The Griffin Fork joins the South Fork about 2 miles (3.2 km) downstream of there.[4] The South Fork flows due north through a narrow valley along the western side of Robinette Mountain.[5] It joins the North Fork Touchet River near Baileysburg, just south of Dayton, to form the main stem of the Touchet River.[6]
The Rainwater Wildlife Management Area is located in the upper South Fork and is operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. It was created from the Rainwater Ranch which was owned by the Rainwater family from the early 1900s to 1991, before being sold to timber companies which extensively logged the area. The tribes acquired the property in 1998.[7] This stretch of the river has been subject to riparian restoration projects, including instream log placement and sediment retention structures, to mitigate the effects of logging and grazing on salmon and steelhead runs.[8]
^ abc"South Fork Touchet River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. September 10, 1979. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
^"Burnt Fork". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. September 10, 1979. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
^ abcUnited States Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed February 18, 2024
^ abU.S. Geological Survey. "U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Map: Deadman Peak, Washington quad". TopoQuest. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
^U.S. Geological Survey. "U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Map: Robinette Mountain, Washington quad". TopoQuest. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
^U.S. Geological Survey. "U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Map: Dayton, Washington quad". TopoQuest. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
^Childs, Allen B. (March 2002). "Rainwater Wildlife Area Watershed Management Plan: A Columbia Basin Wildlife Mitigation Project" (PDF). University of North Texas Digital Library. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
^"Floodplain Channel Connectivity (Rainwater South Fork Touchet)". Salmon Recovery Portal. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
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