National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS); Berry, George; Grim, Paul J; lkelman, Joy A (2025): Thermal (geothermal) hot springs list for the United States [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.981233 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2025-04-29
Abstract:
The Thermal Springs List for the United States contains data from 1661 hot springs in the continental U.S., Hawaii, and Alaska. The content has not been updated since its initial publication in 1980. Geothermics is the study of heat generated in Earth's interior and its manifestation at the surface. The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information has a variety of publications and data sets which provide information on the location, magnitude, and potential uses of geothermal resources. The publication, "Thermal Springs List for the United States" (1981) is a compilation of 1,700 thermal springs locations in 23 states. The list gives the geographic locations of thermal springs by state, and is sorted by degrees of latitude and longitude within the state. It contains the name of each spring (where available), maximum surface temperature (in both degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius), name of corresponding USGS 1:2,500,000-scale (AMS) map, largest scale USGS topographic map coverage available (either 7.5 or 15-min. quadrangle), and cross-references. Thermal springs listed include natural surface hydrothermal features (springs, pools, mud pots, mud volcanoes, geysers, fumaroles, and steam vents) at temperatures of 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit) or higher. They do not include wells or mines, except at sites where they supplement or replace natural vents that have been active recently or at sites where orifices are indistinguishable as natural or artificial. The thermal springs data from this publication are also available on-line. This dataset has been archived in the framework of the PANGAEA US data rescue initiative 2025.
Keyword(s):
Geothermal Temperature; gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.hazards:G01139; hot springs; International Council for Science - World Data System; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Department of Energy; National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; springs; United States; United States Of America
Source:
Geothermal Energy | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) - pdf from 2025-04-08 [webpage]. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/natural-hazards/tsunamis-earthquakes-volcanoes/geothermal-energy, geothermal_database_web.pdf (Website decommissioned on May 5, 2025)
Berry, George; Grim, Paul J; lkelman, Joy A (1980): Thermal Springs List for the United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Key to Geophysical Records Documentation No. 12, Kgrd-12.pdf
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Additional metadata:
gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.hazards:G01139. G01139.xml
Project(s):
US data rescue initiative 2025 (USDataRescue2025)
Funding:
National Science Foundation (NSF), grant/award no. EAR-8716958: Global Heat Flow Data Compilation and Spherical Harmonic Analysis
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 41.378846 * Median Longitude: -117.544343 * South-bound Latitude: 19.201000 * West-bound Longitude: 173.130000 * North-bound Latitude: 69.627000 * East-bound Longitude: -73.200000
Date/Time Start: 1978-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1985-01-01T00:00:00
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Comment:
Original Distributor: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, ncei.info@noaa.gov
Original Publication Date: 1981-01-01
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Dataset Point of Contact: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, ncei.info@noaa.gov
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Dataset Progress Status: Complete - production of the data has been completed. Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility.
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Purpose: Historical Records and Basis for Future Studies
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
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| 1 | State | State | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | State code | ||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | Geocode | ||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | Geocode | ||
| 4 | Name | Name | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | Popular or USGS Spring Name | ||
| 5 | Original value | Orig val | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | Temperature, water [°F] | ||
| 6 | Temperature, water | Temp | °C | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | ||
| 7 | Temperature description | Temp descr | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | B = boiling, H = hot, W = warm | ||
| 8 | Identification | ID | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | P.P. 492 number from U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 492 (Waring, 1965) | ||
| 9 | Identification | ID | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | Circ. 790 number from US. Geological Survey Circular 790 (Muffler, 1979) | ||
| 10 | Identification | ID | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | NOAA number on 1:250,000-scale overlays (Berry et al., 1980) | ||
| 11 | Map sheet | Map sheet | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | Standard U.S. Geological Survey sheet 1:250,000(AMS)map | ||
| 12 | Map sheet | Map sheet | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | Standard U.S. Geological Survey sheet 1:63360 or 1:62500(15-minute) or 1:24000 (7.5-minute) quadrangle. Parentheses indicate site is not shown on the map by name or symbol |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 4 (ProcLevel4)
Size:
12593 data points
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