County: Clark

Date: Pre 1976

Photographer: Grace Muilenburg/KGS

Place Name: Little Basin / St. Jacob's Well

Short description: Near St. Jacob's Well in Clark County. St. Jacob's Well, a 50-foot-wide spring-fed pool in the bottom of Little Basin, is a sinkhole within a sinkhole. No one has ever reported seeing it dry.

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