Portions of the following information were taken from Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 66.
Horseshoe Spring is located on private property approximately 2.8 miles southwest of the town of
Aripeka on central Florida’s Gulf Coast. It is approximately 0.8 miles due east (inland) from Horse
Island.
Description - Horseshoe Spring is so named because of its distinct horseshoe-shaped spring pool
and upper spring run section. The spring emerges from an elongated, curved fissure in the limestone
that measures 16.6 ft deep and is 100 ft long. The spring bottom is limestone with a thin layer of
dark silt. The water was tannic and slightly turbid in March 2003. The spring run begins flowing eastward,
then it curves around and flows northwest, creating a narrow peninsula of land between the upper spring
run section and the spring pool. There are numerous karst features along the bottom of the uppermost portion
of the spring run. The spring run meanders northwest through marsh 0.8 miles into Fillman Bayou. Land east
of the spring is heavily forested, and land to the west is open marsh. |
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September 9, 2010
2:22 PM EDT |
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91°F |
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72%% |
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280° |
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8 MPH |
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29.96" |
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74°F |
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| Partly cloudy. Scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s near the coast and in the lower 90s inland. Southeast winds around 5 mph becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent. |
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