################################################################################ # # 2001 San Gorgonio Wilderness Water Source Observations # ################################################################################# # # This is a tab delimited file. It can be downloaded and imported into an app # such as Excel or FileMaker for added searchability and sorting. The column # headings are defined as the last commented (#) line below. # # Date Posted Water Source Conditions Date Observed Observed By 2001-07-09 Fish Creek Water avail. Creek is small, and .5 mi uptrail from campsite. Enough clear water to pump. 2001-07-07 AstroZomby 2001-07-11 Alger TrailCamp Very good, very clear 2001-07-08 Phillip Morgan 2001-07-15 High Meadow Springs Water still flowing good. 2001-07-14 Phil 2001-07-15 Lodgepole Spring Small puddles. Could not see any water coming from the spring 2001-07-01 Phil 2001-07-15 Dollar Lake Lake way down to less than half full. Filtered water is reported by others as not clear. Spring is not flowing into the lake. 2001-07-14 Phil 2001-07-15 Lodgepole Spring Dry Lake still has water, but you have to walk thru mud to get to it. Filters clogging. Water is yellowish. 2001-07-01 Phil 2001-07-15 Vivian Trailcamp good water supply 2001-07-15 Roger 2001-07-15 Halfway Trailcamp water supply good 2001-07-15 Roger 2001-07-15 High Creek Trailcamp water supply good 2001-07-15 Roger 2001-07-15 Columbine water source is DRY 2001-07-15 Roger 2001-07-15 Johns Meadow water supply good 2001-07-15 Roger 2001-07-15 Lodgepole Spring Please see note about Dry Lake water on Back Country Bulletin Board - "Water Report as of 7/15/01" 2001-07-15 Roger 2001-07-15 Fish Creek Saddle Please see special note on Back Country Bulletin Board "Water report as of 7/15/01" 2001-07-15 Roger 2001-07-15 Fish Creek water supply good 2001-07-15 Roger 2001-07-16 Limber Pine (.3 mi.west) Spring is flowing enough to pump and water looker pretty clear. 2001-07-15 Fletch 2001-07-16 Trailfork Below the pipe there was enough water flowing over a rock ledge to fill a cut gallon jug. We pumped from the jug and water was reasonably clear. 2001-07-15 Fletch 2001-07-16 High Meadow Springs Water still flowing. 2001-07-14 Fletch 2001-07-23 Jackstraw Extreemly poor, There are a few pools less than 1" deep most stagnant. 2001-07-21 Brian 2001-07-23 Trailfork No water from pipe. small trickle on rocks below. ~1/2 liter/min. Water quality was good. 2001-07-22 Brian 2001-07-29 High Creek Trailcamp Water supply is good 2001-07-27 Jim 2001-08-05 Alger TrailCamp Clear and running strong 2001-08-05 Tai 2001-08-05 Vivian Trailcamp Good 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Halfway Trailcamp Fair 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 High Creek Trailcamp Good 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Alger TrailCamp Good 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Dobbs Trailcamp Good 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Saxton Trailcamp (.2 mi.west) Good 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Columbine Dry 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Limber Pine (.3 mi.west) Fair to Poor 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Johns Meadow Good 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Jackstraw Poor but Usable 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Trailfork No Report 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Dollar Lake Spring has sprung back to life, at least momentarily. It has a pool below it large enough to filter out of easily. 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Lodgepole Spring Very poor, the spring can not keep up with a person pumping a filter. Very time consuming. 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Fish Creek Good 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Fish Creek Saddle Very slow and fragile but still usable. 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Big Tree Good water source 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 Mineshaft Flat (.3 miles down trail) Good 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-05 High Meadow Springs Good 2001-08-05 Roger 2001-08-09 Halfway Trailcamp The stream seemed to be intermittent - the water, when it was there, was good 2001-08-05 Lauren 2001-08-12 High Meadow Springs Good volume and quality 2001-08-11 Jeff 2001-08-12 Trailfork Low volume, good quality 2001-08-10 Jeff 2001-08-13 Fish Creek Still water avail here. First stream crossing has a bit more running. Where the trail crosses the stream .5 mi uptrail from FishCreek Trailcamp still had enough water pooled up to pump from and seemed clear enough. 2001-08-12 AstroZomby 2001-08-19 Trailfork no water from the pipe. Creek has only a trickle. Fill up at Jackstraw. 2001-08-19 Jeanette 2001-08-19 Jackstraw still good 2001-08-19 Jeanette 2001-08-19 Jackstraw let me correct myself -- the water source is "good" in comparison with Trail Fork. The second creek is considerably better than the first -- I would consider using it. 2001-08-19 Jeanette 2001-08-24 Limber Pine (.3 mi.west) Water is Fair. Running at about a gallon per minute. Good size pool just to left of switchback. 2001-08-17 Dan Scott 2001-09-01 Lodgepole Spring Flow was slow, but I was able to pump 25 quarts in two hours. 2001-08-31 Matt Senecal 2001-10-07 Halfway Trailcamp Water at trail cossing was a good trickle...enough to draw from in spots. 2001-10-07 Ed 2001-10-07 High Creek Trailcamp Water flowing well. No problem finding an area to draw from. 2001-10-07 Ed 2001-10-15 Dollar Lake Lake is dry, spring is barely dripping 2001-10-14 Dan Palmer 2001-10-22 Fish Creek Good 2001-10-20 Judy 2001-10-22 Fish Creek Saddle Dry 2001-10-20 Judy 2001-10-22 Mineshaft Flat (.3 miles down trail) Good 2001-10-20 Judy 2001-10-23 Halfway Trailcamp Creek was dry 2001-10-20 won 2001-10-23 High Creek Trailcamp plenty of water 2001-10-21 won 2001-10-31 High Meadow Springs Good flow, good quality 2001-10-27 Dave H. 2001-10-31 Dollar Lake Still dry 2001-10-26 Dave H. 2001-11-12 Johns Meadow plentiful 2001-11-09 Josh Benin 2001-11-12 Limber Pine (.3 mi.west) adequate, but less than 1 gpm 2001-11-09 Josh Benin 2001-11-12 Jackstraw marginal, still flowing, but only a trickle 2001-11-11 Josh Benin 2001-11-26 Johns Meadow Very Good 2001-11-24 Mark 2001-11-26 Jackstraw Shallow but active source 2001-11-23 Mark 2001-12-10 Dollar Lake Lake frozen/12-18 inches snow 2001-12-08 R. Young