One-Touch Springs Menu

Get One-Touch Spring information from our website, including details about the spring cluster, compiling studies from the Florida Geological Survey, Florida Springs Institute, Florida DEP, Alachua County Environmental Protection Department, and Suwannee River Water Management District among other sources.

The menu is presented in geographic order beginning with the Upper Santa Fe and it’s headwaters all the way down to the Suwannee. Of the 75 miles of the Santa Fe River, there are over 60 named springs. Some are pristine and aquifer fed, others are resurgent mixtures with river run-off and aquifer. The Santa Fe River ties our communities together as a wildlife habitat, spiritual and recreational nexus.

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For a Deeper Dive, read the sources listed below:

A Century of Low and Flow Reversals in the Springs of the Suwannee River, Dr. Matt Cohen, 2023,  UF Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands, online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ij0BTNAzSg.

An investigation of the Darby and Hornsby Springs, Alachua County, Florida (FGS: Special publication 7), 1961, Florida Geological Survey, https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00000471/00001/images/8

A Tour of the Ichetucknee River Trace, Jim Stevenson, et al., 2013, https://youtu.be/wryzOLGYM_Y?feature=shared

Aquifer Friendly Landscaping: curated list of online sources, https://osfr.org/nature-friendly-landscaping/

Blueprint For Restoring Springs On The Santa Fe River, Florida Springs Institute, 2021, https://floridaspringsinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Santa-Fe-River-and-Springs-Restoration-Blueprint-01_27_21.pdf, accessed online 5/25/25

BMAPS: Draft Santa Fe River Basin Management Action Plan, April 2025, https://floridadep.gov/sites/default/files/250410_SAFE_BMAPUpdateMeetingMaterials.pdf

Development of Karst Traces in the Santa Fe Basin, 2019, Southeastern Geological Society, February 23, 2019, https://segs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SEGS-Guidebook-76.pdf

Drinking Water Nitrate and Human Health: An Updated Review, Ward et al., 2018, Int J Environ Res Public Health, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6068531/#abstract1

Economic Contributions and Ecosystem Services of Springs in the Lower Suwannee and Santa Fe River Basins of North-Central Florida, Borisova, T., Hodges, A, and Stevens, T., 2014, UF, https://alachuacounty.us/Depts/epd/WaterResources/WaterData/Report%20Documents/Final%20Report_Springs_Economic_Report_6-4-14.pdf

First Magnitude Springs of Florida, Thomas M. Scott, Guy H. Means,Ryan C. Means, and Rebecca P. Meegan, Florida Geological Survey, 2002, https://lake.wateratlas.usf.edu/upload/documents/FirstMagnitudeSprings-OpenFileReport85-FGS.pdf

Florida Paddle Notes, James Steele, 2018, https://www.floridapaddlenotes.com/, accessed online 5/25/25

Florida Springs Conservation Plan, Howard T. Odum Florida Springs Institute, https://floridaspringsinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Springs-Conservation-Plan-final-draft-FINAL.pdf accessed online 7/15/25

Following the Ichetucknee, Jim Stevenson, Eric Flagg, 2014, Three Rivers Trust and Jellyfish Smack Productions, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FHcKlMMI9A

Gilchrist Blue Spring Collapse Report, Florida Springs Institute, Fall 2023, https://floridaspringsinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Gilchrist-Blue-Collapse-Report-1.pdf

Hornsby Spring, Howard T. Odum Florida Springs Institute, 2024, https://floridasprings.org/outstanding-florida-springs-hornsby-spring/

Hornsby Spring; A Florida Spring Odyssey, Alachua County, March 2017, Kirsten Work, https://floridaspringsodyssey.blog/2017/04/25/hornsby-spring-march-2017/

Hornsby Springs Restoration Project , Greg Owen, Alachua County Environmental Protection Department, 02/16/2023, https://tinyurl.com/2n9xx7r4

Interactive Florida Springs Map, Howard T Odum Florida Springs Institute, https://floridaspringsinstitute.org/springs-map-2-0/

MFL: Lower Santa Fe and Ichetucknee Rivers MFL Status,  Suwannee River Water Management District, SRWMD, 2022, accessed May, 2025, https://www.srwmd.org/DocumentCenter/View/17834/LSFIR-MFL-Report-Final

Poe Springs County Park EPD Restoration Effort, 2023.

Mill Creek and Lee Sinks Dye Trace, Alachua County, Fl, July-Dec 2005, Karst Environmental Services, Inc., 2006. https://shorturl.at/JhGAr

Old Timers Remember -Ichetucknee Springs, A History and Culture of a Florida Spring, P.C. Zick, 2025,  https://pczick.com/ichetucknee-springs-book/

Onsite Sewage Program,  FL-DEP, https://floridadep.gov/water/onsite-sewage

Peer Review Of The Proposed Minimum Flows And Levels For The Lower Santa Fe And Ichetucknee Rivers And Associated Priority Springs Final Panel Report , 2013, https://waterinstitute.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/UFWaterInstituteMFLPeerReviewFinalReport.pdf

Regional And Statewide Trends In Florida’s Spring And Well Groundwater Quality (1991-2003), STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Rick Copeland, Neal A. Doran, et.al, 2011 , https://web.archive.org/web/20210526060040id_/http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/FGS/FGS_Publications/B/B69rev_2011.pdf

Ruth B Kirby Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park, Florida State Parks, https://www.floridastateparks.org/…/history-ruth-b…, 

Santa Fe River Field Trip, Alachua, Columbia, and Gilchrist Counties, Florida, 2014, Guidebook Number 61, The Southeastern Geological Society (SEGS), Peter Butt, Samantha Andrews,et.al. https://segs.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Microsoft_Word__Sante_Fe_SEGS_Guidebook_No_61_FINAL.pdf, accessed online 5/25/25,

Springs Fever:  A Field and Recreation Guide to Florida Springs,  Follman, J., and Buchanan, R. (n.d.). 2025 from http://thespringsfever.com/xxSantaFeChapter.html

Springs of Florida (FGS : Bulletin 66), USGS, 2004, https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00094032/00001/thumbs

Springs 101, Howard T Odum Florida Springs Institute, 2024, https://floridasprings.org/springs-101/

Springsheds of the Santa Fe River Basin,  by SB Upchurch · 2008 https://www.alachuacounty.us/Depts/EPD/Documents/WaterResources/Springsheds%20presentation.pdf, 

When Springs Reverse, OSFR, 2024, https://osfr.org/when-springs-reverse/, accessed online 5/25/25

Water Conservation and Best Management Practices,  SRWMD, https://www.mysuwanneeriver.com/294/Water-Conservation

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