Clover Creek is a creek in
Pierce County, Washington
Pierce County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 921,130, up from 795,225 in 2010, making it the second-most populous ...
. Clover Creek rises near
Frederickson, flows through
Spanaway
Spanaway is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 35,476 at the 2020 census, up from 27,227 in 2010. Spanaway is an unincorporated area near Tacoma, and is often identified together with ...
and
Parkland, is diverted under the main runway of
McChord Air Force Base
McChord Field (formerly and still commonly known as McChord Air Force Base) is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord AFB is the home of the 62nd Airlift Wing, ...
and
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main north–south Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific coast of the contiguous U.S. from Mexico to Canada. It travels thro ...
, and into
Lakewood, where it spills into
Lake Steilacoom.
The creek was named for the wild clover growing along its course. Its
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
is . The creek is long. Clover Creek was the traditional home of the Sastuck band of the
Steilacoom Tribe of Indians.
Steilacoom Tribe History
, Steilacoom Tribal Cultural Center
References
External links
*
USGS Real-Time Water Data
for Clover Creek near Tillicum, WA
Rivers of Washington (state)
Rivers of Pierce County, Washington
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