[Geysers] Topsoil Spring

[Lynn Stephens]

For those of you who may not be familiar with impact of cleaning on Topsoil Spring, here is what Phil Landis wrote in his 1988 report.
 
the spring's outer rim is oval-shaped and abour 3 x 2 feet.  This small intermittent spring remained in constant trickle overflow until I removed several large flat rocks from the bottom of the pool.  This clean-up exposed the spring's source which amounts to a group of perforations at the base of the soup-bowl shaped spring.  The pool then displayed random, periodic overflow separated by occasional pool levels 1-3 inches below overflow.  No bubbling was observed before or after cleanup.  Fluctuations in pool level did not appear to relate to eruptions of Grand Geyser.  I suggest the name Topsoil Spring because the grey-black sediment in the pool looks julst like the richest topsoil any farmer could ask for.
 
Lynn
 


Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:22:01 -0700
From: conanvandt at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Geysers] Topsoil Spring
To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu






Have we cleaned it out again recently?





From: SnowMoon Photography <janet at snowmoon.us>
To: Geyser Observation Reports <geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
Sent: Fri, June 10, 2011 8:13:41 PM
Subject: [Geysers] Topsoil Spring

I'm starting  to dive into the photos I took over my recent visit (the 4th-6th of June). One of the most striking changes (other than Oblong's change) was Topsoil Spring - every minute or two (got to talking rather than timing), the water level rises, bubbling increases and it starts to thump. A blog post with photos is here: http://www.geyserwatch.com/archives/1462 - it seems a bit of the scalloped edging has broken off as well over the winter.

Janet White
SnowMoon Photography
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