Irvine 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.
Irvine Spring is a tepid spring in the Dixie National Forest in Washington County, about fourteen miles from Enterprise. The water is cool, well short of soaking temperature. Public access is open, as national forest land usually is. The water is clean by the numbers, with very low dissolved solids.
About half a mile on foot from North Baker Lake Road. Elevation is high enough to count as mountain country, roughly 5,700 feet. A winter's snow comes to around three feet and the area gets moderate precipitation. The Forest Service is the land manager.
The record leans toward winter. Pine Valley Guard Station is about eight miles away for camping. No fee is listed. The sample dates to 1968 and recorded only a couple of measures, so chemistry is thin. There is no photo on record.
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 Irvine Spring.
- Setting
- Canyon floor
- Steep ground climbs away on both sides of the spring.
- Highest ground nearby
- 434 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southeast
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 2½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 96% 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 Irvine Spring contains 202 mg/L total dissolved solids.
Overview Pine Valley Guard Station is located in scenic Pine Valley Recreation Area, about 45 minutes from St. George, Utah. Built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the station was used to house a recreation guard during the summer months to assist the visiting public. The cabin is open year-round and is accessible by vehicle during good road conditions. Winter use of the cabin may require snowshoeing, hiking or cross-country skiing about 1.5 miles from the trailhead at the entran...
Irvine Spring sits at 5,700 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 23% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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