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.
About twenty miles outside Alturas, Modoc County, a group of springs the record knows as Springs and nothing more. There is no temperature on file, so the word warm attached to them is a label with no reading behind it. Neither an owner nor an access status has been recorded. The short walk in is the one thing the record is clear about.
A tenth-mile on foot from the nearest road, which goes unnamed on the record. Nearly 4,800 feet up, where the year averages around fifty degrees and winters bring more than five feet of snow. Twenty inches of precipitation.
The nearest campground listed is Patterson Guard Station, close to fifteen miles off. Best months are not given, so go by the snowfall; the short walk will sit under snow through winter. There is no temperature, which takes soaking off the table. Landowner and access are both unknown, and that wants settling before you go.
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 Springs.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the southeast.
- Highest ground nearby
- 100 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southeast
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 close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 16% 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.
See every spring on the geothermal heat map →
Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
Overview *Altitude is 7,080 feet above sea level* Set on the edge of a meadow surrounded by Aspen, Fir and Pine trees, Patterson Guard Station has stood since 1921. It served the Modoc National Forest as a fully staffed fire office and guard station until 1981. Just a few footsteps from the Summit Trail and one-quarter mile from the wilderness boundary, Patterson Guard Station can be your basecamp for trips into the South Warner Wilderness or the perfect place to disconnect and relax. The...
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