Sellicks Springs
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Sellicks Springs is a lukewarm spring out in Lassen County, a long way from anywhere; Johnstonville, the nearest town in the record, is nineteen miles off. The water is barely above cool. County Road 26024 passes roughly five hundred yards away. No owner and access is on record, and the name is the only thing the record has to say about it.
This is high country, around forty-five hundred feet, with about three feet of snow in an average winter and a dry summer. A short leg on foot from County Road 26024 reaches it. Ramhorn Springs Campground lies ten miles off. The land record is empty, so there is no unit or designation to tell you who manages the ground.
The season on file is deep winter, and at this elevation that brings snow; check road conditions. The water is lukewarm, so the reward for the drive is modest. Ramhorn Springs is the camping, about ten miles. Access is a blank in the record, so look for fences and signs.
Aircraft with laser scanners measured this ground to within inches. The scan strips out trees and buildings, leaving the bare shape of the land around Sellicks Springs.
- Setting
- Valley floor
- Gentle slopes rise on both sides.
- Highest ground nearby
- 125 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the west
A slice through the ground from north to south, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about 1½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 23% of the springs on this site.
Heat flow measures the warmth working its way up through the ground from deep inside the earth. Where it runs high, rain and snowmelt that seep down through cracks in the rock come back up hot.
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Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
Ramhorn Springs is a small water source located in a high desert setting that has been utilized by travelers and ranchers for many years. A 10 unit campground has been constructed adjacent to it. The facilities include an informational kiosk, picnic tables, fire rings, trash cans, a horse corral and one vault toilet. The surface in the campground is packed earth and gravel. There is no potable water. There is no fee for the use of the campground but a donation is requested to assist with the...
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