Witter Springs, California
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|subdivision_name2 = Lake County
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|elevation_m =507
|elevation_ft =1663
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|timezone = PST
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|postal_code = 95493
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Witter Springs (formerly Witter's Springs, Witter Medical Springs, and Witter){{sfn|Durham|1998|p=170}} is a set of springs that was turned into a resort in the 1870s in Lake County, California.{{sfn|Waring|1915|p=177}}
Location
Witter Springs is located {{convert|3|mi|km}} northwest of Upper Lake,{{sfn|Durham|1998|p=170}} at an elevation of {{convert|1476|ft|m}}.{{sfn|Witter Springs USGS}} It is on the west side of Bachelor Valley in the Scotts Creek watershed.{{sfn|Lundquist|2010|p=8}}
History
The Witter Springs resort opened soon after the springs were discovered in 1870.{{sfn|Lundquist|2010|p=8}}
The Witter's Springs post office operated from 1873 to 1880.{{sfn|Durham|1998|p=170}} The Witter post office opened in 1901, moved and changed its name to Witter Springs in 1913.{{sfn|Durham|1998|p=170}} Water from Witter Medical Springs was bottled and sold to the public circa 1909.{{sfn|Sanford|1911|pp=870–871}} The ZIP code for Witter Springs is 95493.
References
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Reference bibliography
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- {{California's Geographic Names|170}}
- {{citation |url=https://www.lakecountyca.gov/Assets/Departments/WaterResources/Scotts+Cr+Watershed+Assessment+Documents/03+Scotts+Creek+Watershed+Assessment.pdf
|last=Lundquist |first=Erica |title=Scotts Creek Watershed Assessment |publisher=Scotts Creek Watershed Council |accessdate=2021-05-10 |date=February 2010}}
- {{cite magazine|magazine=Mineral resources of the United States, 1909: Part II – Nonmetals|series=Mineral Resources of the United States|publisher=United States Geological Survey|doi=10.3133/70175795|year=1911|location=Washington, DC|title=Mineral waters|author1-first=Samuel|author1-last=Sanford|pages=857–896}}
- {{cite book|title=Springs of California|volume=338|series=U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper|author1-first=Gerald Ashley
|author1-last=Waring|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1915|doi=10.3133/wsp338}}
- {{cite gnis2|1666666|Witter Springs}}
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{{Resorts of Lake County, California}}
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