FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY


 WAKULLA COUNTY

Spring Creek Springs Group


Figure 74. Spring Creek Springs Group (photo by J. Stevenson).


Group Location Lat. 300 04' N, Long. 84 19' W, Land Grant sections 114 and 115,
Hartfield Survey. Spring Creek is 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Crawfordville. From inter-
section of US 319 and US 98, travel northeast on US 98 approximately 5 miles (8 km). Turn
south on Spring Creek Road (CR 365). A privately owned boat ramp is at end of this road.

Group Description Spring Creek is in the flat tidal marsh typical of the northeast Gulf
of Mexico. The coast has extensive hardwood hammock and grass-covered sandy areas
underlain by limestone that is near and occasionally at the surface. There are 14 known
springs in the Spring Creek Springs Group (Rosenau et al., 1977). Most, including Spring
Creek Rise and Spring Creek Rise No. 2, discharge into the widened mouth of Spring Creek
as it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. All are tidally influenced. The small fishing community of
Spring Creek is situated on the highest available ground on the east side of Spring Creek
mouth adjacent to many of the springs. See Lane (2001) for more information on these
springs.

SPRING CREEK NO. 1 Lat. 300 04' 48.6" N, Long. 84 19' 47.3" W. This spring has a volu-
minous boil that discharges from a 30 ft (9.1 m) wide cavern in limestone against a sea wall
northwest of the old Spear's Seafood and adjacent to the dock of the ice house. The spring
pool measures 153 ft (46.6 m) north to south and 150 ft (45.7 m) east to west. Depth meas-