Bucksnort Spring - Los Padres National Forest

34.55306, -118.89333

Submitted Reports

Bucksnort Spring Survey - 04-09-2021 - by Christopher P. Lord

Link:	Bucksnort Spring
Date:	04-09-2021
Surveyor Name:	Christopher P. Lord
Camp Description:	https://christopherplord.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-agua-blanca-trail-dough-flat-to.html
Water Source:	Stagnant
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Bucksnort Spring Survey - 02-20-2021 - by Dylan

Link:	Bucksnort Spring
Date:	02-20-2021
Surveyor Name:	Dylan
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Dry
Water Source Details:	Did not see any water at this spring
Weather Conditions:

Bucksnort Spring Survey - 06-29-2019 - by Antonio Calderon

Link:	Bucksnort Spring
Date:	06-29-2019
Surveyor Name:	Antonio Calderon
Camp Description:	Stopped at Bucksnort Spring on our way back from Ant camp. We took a lunch break here and refilled our water bottles. There is a nice flat area with a fire ring with lots of shade. Spring was riddled with poison oak. The cistern had stagnant dirty water filled up with leaves.Â
Water Source:	Flowing
Water Source Details:	Ankle deep, cold with slow flow
Weather Conditions:	Sunny, hot in the low 90s
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Bucksnort Spring Survey - 02-25-2016 - by M Subbotin

Link:	Bucksnort Spring
Date:	02-25-2016
Surveyor Name:	M Subbotin
Camp Description:	Spring is located at confluence of two small drainages and is identifiable from a distance by the lone, vertical Italian Cypress tree.  There is a concrete cistern as well that contains stagnant water.  Water quality from the spring is unknown
Water Source:	Flowing
Water Source Details:	shallow pools; pump or dig deeper in soft sand
Weather Conditions:	70 & clear
Images:	Italian cypress from a distance concrete cistern flowing water

Bucksnort Spring Survey - 10-02-2015 - by Geoff

Link:	Bucksnort Spring
Date:	10-02-2015
Surveyor Name:	Geoff
Camp Description:	Access to the Bucksnort Spring will require you to trespass approximately 810 ft into the Sespe Condor Sanctuary. A much better water source is the Aqua Blanca Creek, if you can safely continue to hike the Bucksnort Trail without having to fill your water bottle. The location of the spring varies on different reference maps. This Internet site suggests the spring is located on a south facing slope on the north side of Stone Corral Creek, about 1,285 ft east of the Bucksnort Trail. I have not been to that location and therefore do not know if you will find water there. The location on the USGS topographic map suggests the spring is about 150 ft further downstream, near the intersection of the creek and a northeast-southwest trending drainage. I looked near this location but could not find any water. I found water in a south-north trending drainage about 970 ft east of the Bucksnort Trail. There is a well-used trail that parallels the creek on its south side, which leads to the drainage. It is basically at the first big trees that the trail leads to, and is about 200 ft west-southwest of the spring location shown on the USGS topographic map. The spring was a clear water trickle within the drainage. Would-be water pools were filled with leaf litter and decaying vegetation. The vegetation was easily pushed aside / removed to allow for collecting water.
Water Source:	Trickle
Water Source Details:	Clear water trickle, pools filled with leaf litter and decaying vegetation.
Weather Conditions:	Sunny, warm.
Images:	Looking south at the water trickle in the drainage. Water in the drainage downstream from the water trickle.

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