Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Ragged Spring (2024)
Geysers are hot springs that episodically erupt columns of water. They occur in few places on Earth. The highest concentration of geysers anywhere is at the Yellowstone Hotspot Volcano (northwestern Wyoming, USA).
Ragged Spring is located next to a modern tourist boardwalk in the Black Sand Basin of Yellowstone’s Upper Geyser Basin. The vent is 5 to 6 meters west of Jagged Spring. Ragged Spring erupts from a ~half-meter sized vent in a subcircular basin with irregularly concentrically-arranged geyserite buildups and splash pools. Brown to bright brown-colored pustulose and nodulose geyerite surrounds a subcentral vent. Ragged Spring is a near-perpetual spouter. Its activity varies from brief periods of calm to low splashing to moderate-sized splashing to vigorous eruptions lasting several seconds. The highest eruptions I’ve witnessed were about 10 feet high (3+ meters), one of which caused people to yell and run. Occasional taller eruptions have been reported by others. Eruption runoff drains to the northwest into Iron Spring Creek.
Ragged Spring’s subterranean plumbing system is connected with nearby Jagged Spring. These two geysers have concerted energetic eruptions.
In 1998, researchers measured the water temperature of Ragged Spring at 92 degrees Celsius, with a pH of about 8 (= slightly alkaline).
Black Sand Basin videos:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dL6UmmXTBVwmCwqDQXjddb1pn82Whbf
Clips 1-3 - Ragged Spring’s activity in the early evening of 8 June 2024.
Clips 4-10 - Ragged Spring’s activity in the late afternoon of 14 June 2024. (time stamp 0:43)
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Ragged Spring (2024)
Geysers are hot springs that episodically erupt columns of water. They occur in few places on Earth. The highest concentration of geysers anywhere is at the Yellowstone Hotspot Volcano (northwestern Wyoming, USA).
Ragged Spring is located next to a modern tourist boardwalk in the Black Sand Basin of Yellowstone’s Upper Geyser Basin. The vent is 5 to 6 meters west of Jagged Spring. Ragged Spring erupts from a ~half-meter sized vent in a subcircular basin with irregularly concentrically-arranged geyserite buildups and splash pools. Brown to bright brown-colored pustulose and nodulose geyerite surrounds a subcentral vent. Ragged Spring is a near-perpetual spouter. Its activity varies from brief periods of calm to low splashing to moderate-sized splashing to vigorous eruptions lasting several seconds. The highest eruptions I’ve witnessed were about 10 feet high (3+ meters), one of which caused people to yell and run. Occasional taller eruptions have been reported by others. Eruption runoff drains to the northwest into Iron Spring Creek.
Ragged Spring’s subterranean plumbing system is connected with nearby Jagged Spring. These two geysers have concerted energetic eruptions.
In 1998, researchers measured the water temperature of Ragged Spring at 92 degrees Celsius, with a pH of about 8 (= slightly alkaline).
Black Sand Basin videos:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dL6UmmXTBVwmCwqDQXjddb1pn82Whbf
Clips 1-3 - Ragged Spring’s activity in the early evening of 8 June 2024.
Clips 4-10 - Ragged Spring’s activity in the late afternoon of 14 June 2024. (time stamp 0:43)
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