Dead Lake (Summit) Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Geocaching HQ: This cache has now been archived as requested by IDNR. You have 30 days to seek a permit from IDNR and have your cache approved again by your local reviewer. You can find the new policy, the form to apply for a permit, and the step-by-step instructions on what to do to have your cache unarchived at http://www.in.gov/dnr/7488.htm .

Please be sure to read through the new policy so that we can help to publish your cache again as soon as possible. Your local reviewers and Groundspeak are available to answer any questions. You will find at the bottom of this log the email addresses of the Indiana Reviewers as well as a contact at Groundspeak who are happy to help.

Please know that the Indiana reviewers have done everything in their power to keep as many caches as possible on IDNR lands and to make this transition as smooth as possible. They have worked long and hard with the IDNR to come up with a new policy that will work for most cache owners. We are very sorry for any inconvenience the implementation of this permit process may cause.

Reviewer Hilts
Reviewer.Hilts@gmail.com

The Mad Reviewer
TheMadReviewer@gmail.com

TheScarlettReviewer
TheScarlettReviewer@gmail.com

Hoosier Reviewer
HoosierReviewer@gmail.com

Groundspeak, attn: Jessica
contact@geocaching.com

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Hidden : 11/29/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size: not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

There is a small place to pull your boat onto the land. Use caution climbing the hill.

Augusta Lake is a 52-acre acid lake (over 29,000,000 ft3) that drains 932.3 acres of the Patoka River Watershed in Pike County, Indiana. Nearly 70% of this land area was previously mined prior to the 1977 Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). Consequently, sparsely vegetated acidic spoil piles contributed several tons of acid to the lake each year. Prior to reclamation, water exiting the lake was extremely acid, with a pH of 3.5 and 310 mg/L of acidity. In addition, biological surveys of Mill Creek, the receiving stream of Augusta Lake, indicated the stream was devoid of aquatic life. Beginning in 1999, the South Fork of the Patoka Watershed Steering Committee and Airgas Incorporated, began efforts to eradicate acidity within Augusta Lake by dumping alkaline materials into strategic locations within the lake and into alkaline recharge trenches. Since 1999, these efforts have reduced the acidity leaving the lake by 94%. In addition, treatment has reduced the acid load to Mill Creek by as much as 168 tons of acid per year and increased biological activity within the stream, as well as, in the lake itself.

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