Rise at Orangeville

Orangeville Rise
Map of Indiana
Location	Orange County, Indiana
Nearest city	Orangeville
Coordinates	38°37′52″N 86°33′26″W / 38.63115°N 86.55711°W / 38.63115; -86.55711Coordinates: 38°37′52″N 86°33′26″W / 38.63115°N 86.55711°W / 38.63115; -86.55711
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)

U.S. National Natural Landmark
Designated	1972

Orangeville Rise is the second largest spring in the U.S. state of Indiana, in Orange County near Orangeville. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in June 1972.^[1] It is owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy and the Indiana Karst Conservancy.^[2]

Geology

Contrary to popular belief, the spring is not a rise of the Lost River which actually surfaces approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Orangeville. Water emerging at Orangeville Rise comes from approximately 48 square miles (120 km²) of the highly karstified Mitchell Plain to the northeast. The spring fluctuates wildly in response to drought and rain events, with storm discharge appearing less than 24 hours following an event.

References

↑ "National Natural Landmark: Rise at Orangeville". National Park Service. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
↑ "IKC Acquires the Orangeville Rise!!". Indiana Karst Conservancy. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

External links

The Nature Conservancy: Rise at Orangeville
Rise at Orangeville, National Park Service
Indiana Department of Natural Resources

National Natural Landmarks in Indiana

Big Walnut Creek Cabin Creek Bog Calvert and Porter Woods Cowles Bog Davis-Purdue Agriculture Center Forest Donaldson Cave System and Woods Dunes Nature Preserve Fern Cliff Nature Preserve Hanging Rock and Wabash Reef Harrison Spring Hammer Woods Hoosier Prairie Hoot Woods Kramer Woods Marengo Cave Meltzer Woods Officer's Woods Ohio Coral Reef Pine Hills Natural Area Pinhook Bog Pioneer Mother's Memorial Forest Portland Arch Nature Preserve Rise at Orangeville Rocky Hollow Falls Canyon Nature Preserve Shrader-Weaver Woods Tamarack Bog Thornhill Nature Preserve Tolliver Shallowhole Wesley Chapel Gulf Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve Wyandotte Caves

List including county and description

Protected areas of Indiana

National Park Service	George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

National Forest	Hoosier

National Wildlife Refuges	Big Oaks Muscatatuck Patoka River

National Natural Landmarks	Cowles Bog Hanging Rock and Wabash Reef Harrison Spring Marengo Cave Ohio Coral Reef Orangeville Rise Pinhook Bog Portland Arch Nature Preserve Rocky Hollow Falls Canyon Nature Preserve Wesley Chapel Gulf Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve

State Parks	Brown County Chain O'Lakes Charlestown Clifty Falls Falls of the Ohio Fort Harrison Harmonie Indiana Dunes Lincoln McCormick's Creek Mounds O'Bannon Woods Ouabache Pokagon Potato Creek Prophetstown Shades Shakamak Spring Mill Summit Lake Tippecanoe River Turkey Run Versailles White River Whitewater Memorial

State Forests and Recreation Areas	Clark Deam Lake Ferdinand Greene–Sullivan Harrison–Crawford Jackson–Washington Martin Morgan–Monroe Owen–Putnam Pike Salamonie River Selmier Starve Hollow Yellowwood

Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Rise at Orangeville

Geology

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