Jacobs Well

Jacob's well Texas, a perennial karstic spring that flows from Cypress Creek in the Texas Hill Country, is located northwest of Wimberley. The spring is located on Jacob's Well Natural Area with mouth is 3.7 meters in diameter and is a popular swimming spot.

Jacobs well

Jacobs well Texas

Jacob's well is a popular swimming spot. Jacob Well cave begins at the creek bed and descends vertically for 9.1 meters. It then continues downwards at an angle through several silted chambers separated only by narrow restrictions. At its final depth, 37 metres, Jacob's Well cave is the average depth. Until the modern era, the Trinity Aquifer-fed natural artesian spring gushed water from the cave's mouth, with a measured flow in 1924 of 170 US gallons per second, discharging 1.8 meters into the air.

The area has seen rapid development, which has caused the Trinity Aquifer to drop. This has affected the flow of water through Jacobs well Texas. The only visible sign of the spring in modern times is a tiny ripple on Cypress Creek's surface. In 2000, the spring stopped flowing. It then stopped again in 2008, prompting ongoing efforts to improve local water quality and conservation. Hays County bought 50 acres, of land surrounding Jacob's Well in 2010 to preserve the spring. The county received an additional 31 acres from Jacob's Well Natural Area, which was administered by Wimberley Valley Watershed Association. The new eighty-acre Westridge Tract was created.

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Jacobs well cave map

Jacobs well cave map

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Jacob's Well

The system has been explored and mapped by cave divers of the Jacob's Well Exploration Project and has been shown to consist of two principal conduits. The main conduit is approximately 1400 meters from the surface. It has a maximum depth 42 meters. A secondary passageway extends approximately 300 meters from the point it branches from the main conduit.

The cave is also an attraction for open-water divers, some of whom are inexperienced with the specialized techniques and equipment used in cave diving, which has resulted in nine fatalities at this site between 1964 and 1984 (eight men and one woman).