Talk:Laughing Jacobs Creek

General comments

• The lead is really well written and a pleasure to read, well done on presenting the facts in such an engaging manner.
• "in the city of Sammamish, It originates from the 7.4-acre" not sure if "It" was meant to be lowercase or the start of a new sentence
  • Fixed/-G

Sources

All sources are adequately reliable for the facts they are supporting.

Close paraphrasing:

• (article) "was reportedly named after two early American settlers overheard a settler named Jacobs attempting to imitate a loon call at the lake" vs (source) "was reportedly named by 2 early settlers, William Bush and Wilford Stewart, when they heard another settler, named Jacobs, trying to imitate a loon's cry on the lake."
  • Noting here that these are quite close, but it is short and difficult to paraphrase, and I believe it falls on the correct side of WP:LIMITED (even if I am not an expert at CLOP).
• (article) "Cutthroat trout are found throughout the Laughing Jacobs basin, and Coho salmon are known to use the lower portions of the stream." vs (source) "Cutthroat trout are found more or less throughout the basin, and coho and kokanee salmon are known to use lower Laughing Jacobs Creek."
  • I think this does fall into close paraphrasing.
    • Rephrased.-G

Spot check:

• [2][3][4a] clock Some points here: the narrow ravine being in the city of Issaquah is discussed in the Herrera and Amec sources. The Herrera source says

"It drains a basin area of approximately 3,600 acres with headwaters on the Sammamish Plateau within the City of Sammamish before descending into the City of Issaquah through a steep ravine." - this is ambiguous whether the ravine is in which city

and the Amec source says

"The upper portion of the watershed is within the City of Sammamish and lower portion is within the City of Issaquah. In the upper watershed, the creek flows through residential neighborhoods, down a forested canyon into Hans Jensen State Park." - this talks about the narrow ravine ("forested canyon") as being part of the upper portion, within the City of Sammamish.

Good point; rephrased.-G

Was the 4 feet wide culvert described in Amec replaced later with the 6 feet wide one described in Herrera?

• I can't seem to find a definite answer here. You're right 6 ft seems to be the more modern figure.-G

Can you quote the material supporting the waterfall comments?

• • Oops, thats from William & Phinney. Cited. An impassable falls exists in the steep ravine approximately 0.5 mile upstream of the mouth -G
• [7] Y
• [12][14] Y Putting these together as I'm a little iffy on describing the area around the Parkway as the creek's mouth (which is relevant for the location of the alluvial fan and the blackberry thickets), but I will defer to what makes sense to you.
  • Rephrased/-G

Suggestions

• Place Names of Washington is accessible via the Internet Archive if you would like to add it
  • Done.-G
• Drainage area can link to Drainage basin.
  • Done.-G

Other

• Images Y both good. I see the USFWS uploaded the image as CC-BY NC but we can ignore.
• Neutral / stable / no copyvio / broad Y

Whonting (talk) 09:28, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

• @Whonting: Thank you! Responded. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 07:31, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

  Thanks G, passing. Whonting (talk) 07:50, 3 June 2026 (UTC)