Pipers Creek is a 1.4 miles (2.3 km) urban stream

Urban stream

An urban stream is a formerly natural waterway that flows through a heavily populated area. Urban streams are often significantly polluted, due to urban runoff and combined sewer outflows....

 in the Broadview

Broadview, Seattle, Washington

Broadview is a neighborhood in northwestern Seattle, Washington, USA.Broadview is bounded on the west by Puget Sound; on the north by N.W. 145th Street, beyond which is the city of Shoreline; on the east by Greenwood Avenue N., beyond which lies the neighborhood of Bitter Lake; and on the south by...

 and Blue Ridge

Blue Ridge, Seattle, Washington

Blue Ridge is a neighborhood in the city of Seattle, in the US state of Washington.The neighborhood is bounded on the south by Northwest 100th Street; on the southeast by Holman Road Northwest, beyond which lies Ballard; on the east by Greenwood Avenue North, beyond which lies Bitter Lake; on the...

 neighborhoods of Seattle

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

, Washington, whose entire length is within the boundaries of Carkeek Park

Carkeek Park

Carkeek Park is a 216-acre park located in the Broadview neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The park contains Piper Orchard, Pipers Creek , play and picnic areas, picnic shelters, and hiking trails. A pedestrian bridge across the main lines of the BNSF Railway connects to the Carkeek Park...

. Its tributaries are Venema Creek and Mohlendorph Creek. It empties into Puget Sound

Puget Sound

Puget Sound is a sound in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and one minor connection to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean — Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and...

. The creek was renamed "Piper's" by early White settler A. W. Piper, but the name has largely become "Pipers". The Duwamish called the creek "Dropped Down" (Lushootseed

Lushootseed

Lushootseed is the language or dialect continuum of several SalishNative American groups of modern-day Washington state...

: qWátub).

Daylighted Mohlendorph Creek is mostly within the boundaries of Carkeek Park. It receives Venema Creek and empties into Pipers Creek near the mouth on Puget Sound.

Most of daylighthed Venema Creek is within Carkeek Park. It empties into Mohlendorph Creek, just west of the Carkeek Park Environmental Education Center.

See also

• List of rivers of Washington
• Daylighting (streams)
  Daylighting (streams)
  In urban design and urban planning, daylighting is the redirection of a stream into an above-ground channel. Typically, the goal is to restore a stream of water to a more natural state...
  
  
• Water resources
  Water resources
  Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful. Uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water....
  
  
• Boeing Creek
  Boeing Creek
  Boeing Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington, located in the city of Shoreline, just north of Seattle. It is about long and empties into Puget Sound. The creek is heavily modified along its course, and in many places has been diverted into culverts. The watershed of Boeing Creek is...
  
  

Further reading

• Seattle Parks and Recreation "Pipers Creek Watershed", GIF.