Witter Springs, California

Coordinates: 39°11′28″N 122°59′37″W / 39.19111°N 122.99361°W / 39.19111; -122.99361
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Witter Springs
Former settlement
Witter Springs c. 1916
Witter Springs c. 1916
Witter Springs is located in California
Witter Springs
Witter Springs
Coordinates: 39°11′28″N 122°59′37″W / 39.19111°N 122.99361°W / 39.19111; -122.99361
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLake County
Elevation1,663 ft (507 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
95493
Area code707

Witter Springs (formerly Witter's Springs, Witter Medical Springs, and Witter)[2] is a set of springs that was turned into a resort in the 1870s in Lake County, California.[3]

Location[edit]

Witter Springs is located 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Upper Lake,[2] at an elevation of 1,476 feet (450 m).[1] It is on the west side of Bachelor Valley in the Scotts Creek watershed.[4]

History[edit]

The Witter Springs resort opened soon after the springs were discovered in 1870.[4] The Witter's Springs post office operated from 1873 to 1880.[2] The Witter post office opened in 1901, moved and changed its name to Witter Springs in 1913.[2] Water from Witter Medical Springs was bottled and sold to the public circa 1909.[5] The ZIP code for Witter Springs is 95493.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Witter Springs USGS.
  2. ^ a b c d Durham 1998, p. 170.
  3. ^ Waring 1915, p. 177.
  4. ^ a b Lundquist 2010, p. 8.
  5. ^ Sanford 1911, pp. 870–871.

Reference bibliography[edit]

  • Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 170. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  • Lundquist, Erica (February 2010), Scotts Creek Watershed Assessment (PDF), Scotts Creek Watershed Council, retrieved 2021-05-10
  • Sanford, Samuel (1911). "Mineral waters". Mineral resources of the United States, 1909: Part II – Nonmetals. Mineral Resources of the United States. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. pp. 857–896. doi:10.3133/70175795.
  • Waring, Gerald Ashley (1915). Springs of California. U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper. Vol. 338. U.S. Government Printing Office. doi:10.3133/wsp338.
  • "Witter Springs", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior