Maramec Spring

Maramec Spring
The spring discharges below an overhanging bluff of Gasconade Dolomite.
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Region	Ozark Plateau
County	Phelps
Physical characteristics
Source	Dry Fork watershed
• location	Salem Plateau, Ozark Plateau, Missouri
• elevation	773.97 ft (235.91 m)USGS
Mouth	Meramec River
• location	near St. James, Phelps County, Ozark Plateau, Missouri
• coordinates	37°57′20″N 91°31′57″W / 37.95556°N 91.53250°W / 37.95556; -91.53250[3]
Length	0.87 mi (1.40 km)[1]
Discharge
• location	Maramec Spring[2]
• average	153 cu ft/s (4.3 m3/s)[2]
• maximum	770 cu ft/s (22 m3/s)
Basin features
U.S. NNL	Designated: 1971
Maramec Iron Works District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The remains of an iron furnace of the Maramec Iron Works which used hydropower from the spring
Nearest city	St. James, Missouri
Area	0 acres (0 ha)
Built	1826 (1826)
NRHP reference No.	69000122[4]
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1969

Maramec Spring is located on the Meramec River near St. James in the east-central Ozarks of Missouri. The fifth largest spring in the state with an average discharge of 153 cubic feet (4.3 m³) of water per second, it is part of a Karst topographical area, with many springs and caves. The spring and 1800 acres (7.28 km²) are owned by the James Foundation, which maintains the area as a public park, donated by Lucy Wortham James. The Missouri Department of Conservation operates a trout hatchery and fishery at the spring. Ruins of the Maramec Iron Works are still visible at the site; its machinery was partly powered by the spring's waterflow. The spring was declared a National Natural Landmark in October 1971.^[5]