Hardboard Spring
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Hardboard Spring is a USGS thermal point on the edge of Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, three miles out. The water is only a little above room temperature. The record has no owner and no public access status for it, so check before treating it as open. Beyond the temperature and a site number, the file holds almost nothing.
Roughly a hundred feet off an unnamed road. Mid elevation, dry, with moderate winter snow. Topsy Campground is about thirteen miles away, and no land unit or designation is attached to the spring, which for a spot this close to town points toward private or municipal ground rather than public land, though that is a guess the record cannot confirm.
Winter is on file as the best time. Not a soaking spring at this temperature. With nothing recorded about access or ownership, assume you need permission. The USGS temperature has no date attached, and there is no water chemistry to go with it.
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 Hardboard Spring.
- Setting
- Valley floor
- Gentle slopes rise on both sides.
- Highest ground nearby
- 74 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northwest
A slice through the ground from northwest to southeast, 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 13% 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.
Located on the rugged shoreline of the newly restored Klamath River, the Topsy Campground provides a quiet location for relaxing camping, picnicking, fishing, and river boating. The area is set in an open ponderosa pine forest with nearby views of Mount McLoughlin, an icon of the southern Oregon Cascade Mountains.Know Before You Go:Open Season Topsy Campground is open seasonally from May through October.13 Campsites with picnic tables, fire rings, and tent pads; first come, first serve.Univer...
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