Head 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.
Head Spring is on file as a warm spring in Cassia County, with water about the temperature of a cool bath, nothing you would drive out for as a soak. The nearest town listed is Burley, so close that the distance rounds to zero. Nobody has recorded who owns it or if the public may use it.
At over six and a half thousand feet this is high, cool country, and the water and the air are often close in temperature. A road passes within a few dozen paces, unnamed on the record. Winters bring a decent snowpack. Precipitation is modest. There is no land unit and no designation on file.
Low-stakes stop. The water is too cool to be a soaking destination and no pool is on record. If you go, the listing points to winter, though at that elevation snow will shape the drive. Clear Creek Campground is the closest camping given, close to twenty miles away. The chemistry sample is from 1966 and nothing newer has been logged. Confirm land status yourself, since neither ownership nor access is recorded.
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 Head Spring.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the northeast.
- Highest ground nearby
- 279 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northeast
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 twice the US average of 65. It's higher than at 78% 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.
The water at Head Spring is slightly alkaline (pH 8.0) with 240 mg/L total dissolved solids.
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Clear Creek Campground is a non-fee campground and picnic area composed of 12 individual units and reservations are not required. This area is accessible for a season that varies usually between June through October. Campground amenities include toilets and the campground is well suited for tent and RV camping. Sites are handicapped accessible. Bull Flat (#001) and Lake Fork (#004) trails are popular with horseback riders, and hikers.
Head Spring sits at 6,620 feet above sea level, way above the mile-high mark. You may not feel the altitude strongly, but hot water still dehydrates you faster at elevation. UV is about 26% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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Head Spring is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. Cold air temperatures make a changing robe or warm layers essential.
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