This is a List of natural springs in the Ozark Plateau ordered by spring magnitude. Different sources may give differing values for average daily flow of the same spring. This can result from different measuring methodologies and from a varying number of observations over different timespans. The sources for the flow data presented here are cited in the footnotes. The majority of these springs have been measured less than 10 times, at random intervals. The exceptions are Big Spring, Greer Spring, Mammoth Spring, Bennett Spring, Maramec Spring, Alley Spring, and Round Spring, which have all been measured for more than 3 years on a daily basis by the United States Geological Survey (USGS)[1].
Rank | Spring | Location | Average volume per second | Image | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First magnitude – over 100 ft³/s[2] | |||||
1 | Big Spring | Carter County, Missouri | 470 cu ft (13 m3)[3] | ||
2 | Greer Spring | Oregon County, Missouri | 360 cu ft (10 m3)[4] | ||
3 | Mammoth Spring | Fulton County, Arkansas | 347 cu ft (9.8 m3)[5] | ||
4 | Bennett Spring | Dallas County, Missouri | 185 cu ft (5.2 m3)[6] | ||
5 | Double Spring | Ozark County, Missouri | 154.7 cu ft (4.38 m3)[7] | ||
6 | Maramec Spring | Phelps County, Missouri | 148.5 cu ft (4.21 m3)[7] | ||
7 | Blue Spring | Shannon County, Missouri | 139.3 cu ft (3.94 m3)[7] | ||
8 | Alley Spring | Shannon County, Missouri | 125.3 cu ft (3.55 m3)[7] | ||
9 | Welch Spring | Shannon County, Missouri | 116 cu ft (3.3 m3)[7] | ||
10 | Boiling Spring | Pulaski County, Missouri | 105.3 cu ft (2.98 m3)[7] | ||
Second magnitude 10 to 100 ft³/s[8] | |||||
11 | North Fork Spring | Ozark County, Missouri | 71.4 cu ft (2.02 m3)[9] | ||
12 | Blue Spring | Oregon County, Missouri | 71.9 cu ft (2.04 m3)[10] | ||
13 | Montauk Spring | Dent County, Missouri | 82.0 cu ft (2.32 m3)[11] | ||
14 | Hahatonka Spring | Camden County, Missouri | 74.3 cu ft (2.10 m3)[7] | ||
15 | Roubidoux Spring | Pulaski County, Missouri | 58.3 cu ft (1.65 m3)[12] | ||
16 | Blue Spring (inundated by Lake Wappapello) |
Wayne County, Missouri | 54.8 cu ft (1.55 m3)[13] | ||
17 | Round Spring | Shannon County, Missouri | 40 cu ft (1.1 m3)[14] | ||
18 | Pulltight Spring | Shannon County, Missouri | 45.5 cu ft (1.29 m3)[11] | ||
19 | Roaring River Spring | Barry County, Missouri | 31 cu ft (0.88 m3)[15] | ||
19 | Cave Spring | Shannon County, Missouri | 32.4 cu ft (0.92 m3)[16] | ||
Third magnitude 1 to 10 ft³/s[17] |