FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY


 BAY COUNTY

 Gainer Springs Group


Figure 11. Gainer Springs Group Vent 1C (photo by T. Scott).


Figure 12. Gainer Springs Group
 Vent 2 (photo by H. Means).


Group Location Lat. 300 25' N, Long. 850 32' W
(southern half of sec. 4, T. 1 S, R. 13 W). Gainer
springs complex is located 0.4 miles (0.7 km) down-
stream from the SR 20 bridge on Econfina Creek It
is best accessed by canoe, however, there is a gated
dirt track on Northwest Florida Water Management
District (NWFWMD) land that leads to the springs
group on the east side of the creek.

Group Description At least 5 known springs asso-
ciated with Gainer Springs Group are along both
sides of Econfina Creek. The uplands surrounding
this group are high rolling sand hills that are forest-
ed with sand pine plantations and patches of longleaf
pine-turkey oak community. High ground adjoining
the west side of the creek near Spring No. 2 and
Spring No. 3 rises to 27 ft (8 m) above water surface
and is densely forested with mixed hardwoods and
pines. The creek floodplain is forested with cypress
and hardwoods. Land on the west side of the