{
    "id": "mo-springs",
    "name": "Missouri Big Springs: Flow and Rank as Printed",
    "description": "Missouri big springs with the flow and rank figures each agency page prints; where pages disagree both figures are kept.",
    "page": "https://itsmissouri.com/things-to-do/springs-and-rivers/",
    "csv": "https://itsmissouri.com/data/downloads/mo-springs.csv",
    "json": "https://itsmissouri.com/data/downloads/mo-springs.json",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "It's Missouri (itsmissouri.com), CC BY 4.0",
    "citation": "It's Missouri (2026). Missouri Big Springs: Flow and Rank as Printed. https://itsmissouri.com/things-to-do/springs-and-rivers/",
    "publisher": "It's Missouri",
    "geo_scope": "Missouri, USA",
    "last_checked": "2026-10-30",
    "row_count": 10,
    "columns": [
        "spring",
        "where",
        "flow_as_printed",
        "rank_as_printed",
        "source_url",
        "checked"
    ],
    "column_notes": {
        "spring": "Spring (as printed on the source page; blank means not stated)",
        "where": "Where (as printed on the source page; blank means not stated)",
        "flow_as_printed": "Flow as printed (as printed on the source page; blank means not stated)",
        "rank_as_printed": "Rank as printed (as printed on the source page; blank means not stated)",
        "source_url": "Page the row was read from",
        "checked": "Date (YYYY-MM-DD) the row was read"
    },
    "rows": [
        {
            "spring": "Big Spring",
            "where": "Ozark National Scenic Riverways",
            "flow_as_printed": "289 million gallons a day in the NPS table (286 in its caption); VisitMO says 286",
            "rank_as_printed": "NPS: largest spring in the state; VisitMO: one of the three largest in the United States",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/ozar/learn/nature/springs.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "spring": "Greer Spring",
            "where": "Oregon County, Mark Twain National Forest",
            "flow_as_printed": "About 210 million gallons a day (MDC); NPS table says 214",
            "rank_as_printed": "MDC: second largest spring in Missouri",
            "source_url": "https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/places/natural-areas/greer-spring",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "spring": "Maramec Spring",
            "where": "Maramec Spring Park",
            "flow_as_printed": "VisitMO: an average of 100 million gallons a day",
            "rank_as_printed": "VisitMO: fifth largest in Missouri (it also calls Welch Spring fifth)",
            "source_url": "https://visitmo.com/articles/missouris-sparkling-freshwater-springs",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "spring": "Bennett Spring",
            "where": "Bennett Spring State Park",
            "flow_as_printed": "More than 100 million gallons a day (state park page)",
            "rank_as_printed": "Not stated",
            "source_url": "https://mostateparks.com/park/bennett-spring-state-park",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "spring": "Blue Spring",
            "where": "Ozark National Scenic Riverways",
            "flow_as_printed": "NPS table 93 million (its profile says 82); VisitMO more than 90 million",
            "rank_as_printed": "VisitMO: sixth largest in Missouri",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/ozar/learn/nature/springs.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "spring": "Alley Spring",
            "where": "Ozark National Scenic Riverways",
            "flow_as_printed": "NPS table 89 million; VisitMO more than 80 million",
            "rank_as_printed": "VisitMO: seventh largest in Missouri",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/ozar/learn/nature/springs.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "spring": "Welch Spring",
            "where": "Ozark National Scenic Riverways",
            "flow_as_printed": "NPS 148 million; VisitMO 78 million (the two pages disagree)",
            "rank_as_printed": "VisitMO: fifth largest",
            "source_url": "https://visitmo.com/articles/missouris-sparkling-freshwater-springs",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "spring": "Montauk Spring",
            "where": "Montauk State Park",
            "flow_as_printed": "NPS table 53 million; the state park page says park springs and Pigeon Creek supply more than 40 million gallons a day to the river",
            "rank_as_printed": "Not stated",
            "source_url": "https://mostateparks.com/park/montauk-state-park",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "spring": "Round Spring",
            "where": "Ozark National Scenic Riverways",
            "flow_as_printed": "NPS table 26 million (its profile says 30)",
            "rank_as_printed": "Not stated",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/ozar/learn/nature/springs.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "spring": "Roaring River Spring",
            "where": "Roaring River State Park",
            "flow_as_printed": "VisitMO: more than 20 million gallons a day; the park page gives no flow",
            "rank_as_printed": "VisitMO calls it the deepest spring in the United States",
            "source_url": "https://visitmo.com/articles/missouris-sparkling-freshwater-springs",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        }
    ]
}