Lee Hot Springs, Allen 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.
Out from Fallon about nineteen miles, on BLM ground managed by the Stillwater Field Office, Lee Hot Springs goes by Allen Springs in some records. The water is scalding. The record lists public access as open, which means you can go without asking anyone's permission, though that says nothing about what you will find when you get there. Churchill County.
Reaching the spring takes a walk of around a fifth of a mile from the road. The land is open BLM desert a bit over four thousand feet up, dry to the point that six inches of rain is a full year, and snow is light. A 1978 sample found the water near neutral with iron among the dissolved minerals.
The source is far too hot to touch. Any soaking would depend on outflow cooling somewhere downstream, and the record does not say whether such a spot exists. the record favors the three coldest months. There is no campground on record close by. The water chemistry is almost fifty years old and may not match current conditions.
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 Lee Hot Springs, Allen Springs.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the southwest.
- Highest ground nearby
- 125 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southwest
A slice through the ground from southwest to northeast, 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 30% 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.
The water at Lee Hot Springs, Allen Springs is neutral (pH 7.2). It is notably rich in sodium (supports circulation and skin hydration) and chloride (natural antiseptic with skin health benefits).
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