Seeking all springs and seeps!

A spring is any location or hydrologic feature where groundwater discharges from conduits, rock cavities, or gravel beds into a surface channel or body of water. Information about springs reported can be incorporated in the groundwater data base maintained by the Division of Water and Kentucky Geological Survey.

If you are aware of a spring on your property or elsewhere, we would like to know about it.

If your spring is not on the list, we would like to put it there! Registering a spring helps identify critical groundwater resources, adds to our scientific knowledge of where our groundwater goes, and can afford protections for your spring should the water quality or hydrologic condition be jeopardized.

We can help you:

1. complete the forms (or will do it for you)
2. Collect the needed technical data and
3. submit the data to the appropriate resource management agencies (Kentucky Division of Water)

Here are the forms and instructions:

• Download Spring Registration Form (PDF)
• Download Spring Registration Form Instructions (PDF)
• Contact Us for assistance with registering a spring

Name that spring!

If your spring IS on the list, but it does not have a name, we need your help in naming it. Contact us with the location of your spring and we can help you submit a qualified name for your spring. By naming a spring it gives it higher status in the minds of those that use it and those in the community interested in it.