NSS 2019 Convention Datasets

Glad you have found your way here! Below are a few datasets of local attractions that I think will help you get better acquainted with the Upper Cumberland (though some of the data is for the whole state!). 

KMZ and GPX are GPS file formats for use on GPSs and on your GPS enabled cell phone. As an Android user, I am fond of Locus Pro as a GPS app. For the Apple users, I would recommend Gaia. These aren't the only programs you can use, so if you're comfortable with other software feel free to use that instead.

Dataset Name	Author	KMZ	GPX
Tennessee Landforms	Tom Dunigan	Landforms.kmz	Arches
			Balds
			Lakes
			Lookout Towers
			Peaks
			Rocks
			Sinkholes
			Waterfalls
Water Access	Ben Drury	WaterAccess.kmz
Breweries, Wineries, and Distilleries	Chuck Sutherland	Alcohol.kmz
Local Food	Chuck Sutherland	LocalFood.kmz

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Ament Resurgence

Ament resurgence is the name of Cookeville's largest natural storm water drain (also known as a cave). A resurgence is a spring, a place where water returns to the surface from the subsurface.

Two springs can be found at this place. Pigeon Roost Spring, which sits somewhat higher in elevation above the Ament resurgence is only a short distance away and drains to the same location (in the video below, it's the waterfall coming from the left). From this place where they meet approximately 3800 acres are drained, all within the city of Cookeville.

Many of the tributary streams begin above ground, go underground, resurface, and go underground again before coming out at this location.

After a large rain on 2/20/2019 I visited the spring to find the spring like this.





For comparison, here is another high water event that I recorded on 2/16/2018.



Using GIS I was able to tease out the area which drains to this spot, or the watershed. Curious about how the land was used in that region I further analysed it and produced this map.