County: Chautauqua

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Photographer: John Charlton/KGS

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Short description: Butcher Falls, in drought, on Pool Creek at Red Buffalo Ranch in Chautauqua County. Butcher Falls drops 10 feet over a blocky rock ledge into a pool eroded out of the Plattsmouth Limestone Member of the Oread Limestone.

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