The main spring is located on a hillside above the Jemez River, and flows into a sandy bottomed primitive rock soaking pool before cascading into two additional rock pools of different temperatures terraced on the hillside. The middle pool also has an additional water source from a spring inside a cave with a water temperature 100°F/38°C. The lower pool is the coolest of the three at 95°F. There are two more springs with soaking pools 50 feet uphill and an additional spring located 200 more feet uphill.[2]
Due to overuse, the condition of the area has been subjected to considerable resource damage.[3]
The water emerges from the upper spring at 109°F; and at 100°F from the spring in the cave.[2][1]Naegleria Fowleri has been found in the hot spring water, a potentially fatal parasitic amoeba common in warm and springs.[5]
^ abBerry, George W.; Grim, Paul J.; Ikelman, Joy A. (1980). Thermal Spring List for the United States. Boulder, Colorardo: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
^ abcGersh-Young, Marjorie (2011). Hot Springs and Hot Pools in the Southwest. Santa Cruz, California: Aqua Thermal. p. 102. ISBN978-1-890880-09-5.
