found: Work cat.: Bynum, A.A. Learning from management failures : the Taneum Watershed Restoration Partnership Project, 1997:p. 6 (Tanuem Creek flows into the Yakima River about 10 miles northwest of Ellensburg, WA.)
found: Apffel, J.K. The riparian vegetation ecology of Taneum Creek,1996.
found: Wash. place names database, Aug. 2, 2006(Taneum Creek rises in two main forks in Wenatchee National Forest, west central Kittitas County and flows 26 miles east to the Yakima River near Thorp. The Indian word, Teh-N-Am or Pteh-Num apparently has the meaning of "stream coming from high mountains," which is appropriate in this case)
found: GNIS, Sept. 22, 2006(Tanueum Creek; stream; Kittitas County, Washington; variant name: Tanum Creek; 47⁰05ʹ30ʺN 120⁰42ʹ31ʺW)
found: Wash. atlas and gaz., 1995:pp. 65-66, map (Taneum Creek; shows north and south forks)