Ash Springs, Nevada
Unincorporated community
Ash Springs in 2007
Ash Springs in 2007
Ash Springs is located in Nevada
Ash Springs
Ash Springs
Ash Springs is located in the United States
Ash Springs
Ash Springs
Coordinates: 37°27′38″N 115°11′35″W / 37.46056°N 115.19306°W / 37.46056; -115.19306[1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyLincoln
Elevation
4,000 ft (1,000 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID855956

Ash Springs is an unincorporated community in the Pahranagat Valley of Lincoln County, Nevada.[1] The community's principal industry is ranching. Ash Springs is named for the desert ash trees growing nearby.[2]

Hot springs

Ash Springs is home to naturally occurring hot springs.[3][4][5][6] The hot springs are located on BLM land. The water emerges from several springs at a temperature of 97 °F/36 °C,[5] and cools to 95 °F as it flows into a large mineral water soaking pool approximately 15 feet in diameter.[4] The pool is a known habitat for the brain-eating ameba, Naegleria fowleri. A young boy contracted the parasite while swimming in July, 2023. He died several days later.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ash Springs
  2. ↑ Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 978-0-87417-094-8. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Trails review Archived 28 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 December 2008
  4. 1 2 Gersh-Young, Marjorie (2011). Hot Springs and Hot Pools of the Southwest. Santa Cruz, California: Aqua Thermal Access.
  5. 1 2 Berry, George W.; Grim, Paul J.; Ikelman, Joy A. (1980). Thermal Springs List for the United States. Boulder, Colorado: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ash Springs (Springs)
  7. ↑ "Family plans Cedar City fundraiser after toddler dies from rare brain-eating amoeba". Retrieved 20 July 2023.


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