Salado Springs
Salado Springs is the name of five groups of springs at the town of Salado in Bell County, Texas, in the United States. The springs are located north of Austin or south of Dallas.
The springs, which are not saline, were likely named for Salado Creek.
Geography and natural history
The Salado Springs are located in the Balcones Fault zone, and they reach the surface through artesian pressure by way of faults in the Cretaceous Edwards limestone. The main recharge area for the springs is probably several miles to the southwest in Williamson County, where several faults intersect with Salado Creek.The larger of the springs include Robertson Springs, Big Boiling Spring, Elm, Benedict, and Anderson springs. The latter three are located downstream of the others. During the 1980s, the combined flow from all of the springs averaged approximately.
The Balcones Fault Zone at Barton Springs is a demarcation line for certain ecological systems and species distributions. For example, the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera is distributed strictly west of Barton Springs or the Balcones Fault.