Tipton 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.
Tipton Springs sits in Lassen County, a bit under twenty-two miles from Johnstonville, off Karlo Road. The water is tepid, seventy degrees, which is warmer than the year's average air temperature and cooler than a bath. The ownership question has no answer on record, and the access entry is likewise empty.
Karlo Road comes within a fifth-mile. High ground at close to 4,500 feet, averaging low fifties across the year. Fourteen inches of precipitation, and around two and a half feet of snow each winter.
The recorded best months are winter ones. Ramhorn Springs Campground is roughly nine miles out. Nobody gets burned by seventy-degree water. No fee appears on record, and no water sample either. Two and a half feet of snow means the short walk may be snowed in through midwinter, the very months the record favors. No owner is on file, so do not assume it is public.
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 Tipton Springs.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the northwest.
- Highest ground nearby
- 108 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northwest
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 22% 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.
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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