Moore Spring EarthCache
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This Earthcache is located on the Blue Trail at the Raven Run
Nature Sanctuary in Lexington, Kentucky. Raven Run is a Lexington
City Park and daily hours vary by season. Please stay on the marked
trails.
This EC is located on the Blue Trail just to the Northwest of the
Raven Run Nature Center. Be sure to log in on the hiking log at the
Nature Center prior to heading out on the trails and grab a trail
map from the box above the log book. From the Nature Center head
North then turn left (West) on the Red Trail. Make the first right
(North) on the Blue Trail and you will soon arrive at this site.
While hiking to this spot you should have passed the grave of
Archibald Moore who homesteaded 12 acres here in the 1800’s. When
he died in 1871, he was buried here, in the front yard of his log
cabin. Any good homestead of the time had to have a source of water
and here, high above the Kentucky River, the Moore’s relied on this
spring for their supply.
The Moore Spring at Raven Run
A spring is the point at which the ground water table reaches the
surface of the ground and water flows forth. In the case of the
Moore Spring, water is likely forced up through a fissure in the
limestone as a result of a higher pressure in the confined aquifer
below. The pressure that lifts the water is a result of the aquifer
being confined by more dense rock and then filled to capacity,
causing the water to travel up through the crack since it is the
path of least resistance. Depending on the amount of precipitation
and the drainage characteristics of an area, a spring may be either
intermittent or continuous. If the spring is intermittent it is
termed ephemeral. If the spring is continuous it is termed
perennial. Like other sources of fresh water, springs are
susceptible to pollution. Depending on how much soil filtering the
water is subjected to before it leaves the ground and how much
surface and subsurface pollution is present in a given area, some
springs may produce cleaner water than others. While this spring
has already been labeled as not for consumption, never drink from
any spring before the water is tested and proven to be safe for
human consumption.
Wh1266Fd at the Moore Spring
To log this Earthcache you must post a picture of yourself or your
team (I don’t accept pictures of hands) with the Moore Spring in
the background. Please don’t log the smiley until you have a
picture READY TO POST and email me the answers to the following
questions:
1. Was there any water issuing from the spring during your visit?
2. Is the Moore Spring ephemeral or perennial?
Pictures must be posted and you must answer the questions to get
credit for the cache. Photos must include faces, not just hands. If
these requirements are not met, your log may be deleted. I am no
geologist. Information for this Earthcache was gathered from books
and internet sources that are available to the general public.
Be sure to check out other Earthcaches and Traditional
caches in this park!
Sources:
Hiking Kentucky by Brooke Elliott
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d5281c13-cd8a-40ef-9833-7d68d119899c
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Karst+topography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_resources
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