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3

Airboulder choke

32

20

1

Mud plug,roots

Mud tube

Two2' falls

4

2

46

4

4' FallsBreakdown

zone

12

20

25

41' Pit60' Rope Minimum

RUSTY'S CAVEENTRANCE

20

15

Register

25

25

FICKLEFINGEROF FATE

FORMATIONFLAT ROOM TREE ROOT

DOMENear surface

FORMATION HALLCATHEDRAL

8

6 23

12

10

12

12Entrance to

canyon

12

RUSTY'SSHOWER

40' Falls

4020

15

4

8

4

Boulder choke

Mud plug,roots

Air,gravel fill

CARPET CRAWLRoots, near surface

LITTLEHOLE

SHOWER

3

3

2

3

10

Hurricane CaveDade County, GA - GDD62

Surveyed 23 January, 1993 - 29 August 1999 by:Joe Abbot

Carl AndersonPaul Aughey

Brent AulenbachNancy (Holler) Aulenbach

Dan BarnickRichard Blackburn

Dana BookerHolly Bunch

Scott CarmineChip Carter

Chris ComptonWendy Cown

7389 Feet Traverse 265 Feet T.V.E

Compass, Inclinometer, and Tape Survey

Johnny CraigRay Craig

Alan CresslerHanna Doken

Mike FiccoMike Fisher

Denei FloiencoJames Glass

Michael GourlayJeff Harris

Chris JensenJay JohnsonBubba JonesMark Jones

Drafted by Brent T. Aulenbach 1999

Kilpatrick's CaveDade County, GA - GDD67

Surveyed 28 October, 1987 by:Carl AndersonJohn Stembel

133 Feet T.H.C. 39 Feet T.V.E

Compass, Inclinometer, and Tape Survey

Drafted by Carl Anderson

Brent AulenbachNancy Aulenbach

Jeff's HoleDade County, GA - GDD400

Surveyed 7 September, 1997 by:

39 Feet Traverse 14 Feet T.V.E Estimated

Compass and Tape Survey

Rusty's CaveDade County, GA - GDD70

Surveyed 21 January, 1990 - 12 May, 1990 by:Greg Eck

Jeff HarrisKenneth Huffines

3685 Feet T.H.C.296 Feet T.V.E

Compass, Inclinometer, and Tape Survey

Allen PadgettKaren PadgettEd Strausser

Drafted by Allen Padgett 1994Detail added by Brent Aulenbach 1999

Glen Susskind

Scott KeithScott Laney

Kelly NorwoodChuck O'Neil

Andrew PorterAlan Reaid

Dave SewellJessica Song

Shirley SotonaWayne ToddJerry WalkerJerry Wallace

Debbie Warner

RICK'SFINDAir, dig

HURRICANESHOWER18' Waterfall

AIR CHUTE, Tight

CARL'S DEMISENear surface

RICHARD'S SQUEEZEFormation blockage

JIM'S SQUEEZE

11

5

12

10

8

8 BEARPASSAGE

DRY ROOM

3

3

12 14

13

9

9.5

7.5

11

6

30

0 50 100 150 200 250 Feet

TrueNorth

Selected Caves on a Portion ofFox Mountain, Georgia

Drafted by Brent Aulenbach 1998

JEFF'S HOLEENTRANCE

HURRICANE CAVEENTRANCE #2

KILPATRICK'S CAVEENTRANCE

NASTY HOLEENTRANCE

SUNBEAM EXIT8' & 12' Climbdowns

HURRICANE CAVEENTRANCE #1

CULVERT ENTRANCEEntrance is through around drainage culvert160' long, 3' diameter

Interstate 59

Dig

TT

TT

GREEN SHALEJUNCTION ROOM

Bathtub/belly crawl

TT

Dug open

Air, possible digTT

3' Deep bathtub5' Waterfall

Lil' Prairie Dog HoleDade County, GA - GDD493

A. DavisK. Davis

Jeff Harris

Nasty HoleDade County, GA - GDD68

Surveyed July 1979 by:

260 Feet T.H.C. 53 Feet T.V.E

Compass and Tape and Clinometer Survey

Drafted by Jeff Harris 1979

Waterfall & 11' climbhandline required

CHERTFALLS9' Falls

BIG N' STUFFROOM

BREAKDOWNROOM

Strong airTT

Falls

Tight

1

4.5

1.5

1

1

2

8

6

3

6

0.5

6

8

Passage walls

Underlying passage walls

Overlying passage walls

Unsurveyed passage walls

Bedrock pillar

Vertical drop in floor (Hatches on lower side)

Flowing water (arrow points downstream)

Legend

Slope in floor (Lines diverge downslope) Rimstone dams (points are downstream)

THE KEYHOLE

BAT'S BEDROOM

FLATWORMALLEY

THE STRUGGLE

Water below

Chimney

Continues small,no airflow

25

23

9

18

19

20

9

7

Formations

Flowstone

Register

5' Climbup7

2.5

4

Chert ledge

TT

20

8

11 KNEEMANMARKUSPASSAGE

6 Lower passageTT

11

8' Climbdownhandlinerequired

21

3.5

20

19427

Large sandstoneboulders

Lower leveloffset

Tight tube

Tight

9

10

3

8

8

8

13

4

4

8

12

7

9

7

8

3

4

2.5

2.5

2

7

9

48

D D'

DD'

3

15

2

4

8

6.5

3

4

8

Square drainage culvertunder interstate embankment

795

807

816824

812

816

827

829

833

843

850

851

83412

12

20

25

20839

4

846

6

851

9.5

6.5

14

12

861

873

6 2

1.5

29

TT

High leadTT

154.5

124

3.5

1.5

876

906

2.5

311

HOLLY'S SPRINGKarst feature

on surface, air

869

884874

3

22

1

8 5

0.5

864

2

861

2.5

856

838847

Tight

7

2.5

3

5

930

THE JUNCTION

935

939

955

958

952

954

968980

996

1004

10041038

1061

1075

10

10771072

10671092

11241143

1098

4

1

1.5

18

12101226

1217

1184

Flowstone bell& 8' climbup

5

False floor

8' Climbdown TT

Wet weatherstream

TT

1003

892

897

902

908

912

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956

947

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958

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9861048

1022

1010

1049

1041

1051

8' Climbdown1092

5' Climbdown

998

1059

1078

925

24

Rimstone damsand pools

10

Dome Flowstone (bulges are downslope)

Change in ceiling height (Hatches on lower side)

By Brent T. Aulenbach, Allen Padgett, Jeff Harris, and Carl Anderson

Passage height (in feet)

Height of climb (in feet)

Height of passage above datum (mean sea level in feet)

Passage too small for large people

Passage too tight

1075

8

Road or trail (approximate location)

Surface stream

Surface 20' contour lines

TT

11Cobbles

Pool of water

Chert floor

Gravel

LITTLE PRAIRIEDOG HOLEENTRANCE

DUCK HEADROOM

8' High haystack

RAPUNZEL'SFALLS

RAPUNZEL'SMUD CRAWL

5' Climbdown

5' & 4' Climbdowns

10

4

1.5

16

29

40

36

33

906

924

945

Lower leveloffset

1

4 1.5

2

4

5

5

8

DISHPAN ALLEYPassage dug out,passage continues

75' tight, air

TT

8

0.5

5

21 3.5

8

Highest point inRusty's Cave

965

959

TT

Goes up intomore breakdown

Breakdown slope

TT

FOOTE'S FALLS3' High waterfall

DEATHTRAVERSE

Passagecontinues

tight

ZIG-ZAGBEND20

NEELD'SCLIMB

8' Climbuphandlinerequired

~ 30' Pit

20

Narrow ceiling joint or channel

Sand or mud

Stalactites and stalagmites

Columns (small and large)

Breakdown or large boulders

Topographic overlay from Sulphur Springs, Alabama-Georgia 7.5-Minute Series Quadrangle. 1946. Photorevised 1972. U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority.Contour lines modified for emplacement of Interstate embankment.

All survey data corrected to true north using GEOMAG software from the U.S. Geological Survey.

5

TT

Air

Air, TT TT964

4.5

10

104

15

18

15' High domes

10' High dome

4' Falls1154

3

2

1073

Highest point inHurricane Cave

Jeff's Hole overliesHurricane Cave by 9'

4

THE DUGOUT

1

0.8

Stream, air

1

53

7.5

10

Pothole2.5' deep

5

4' Cascade

ZEBRA FALLS4' Waterfall

Flowstonesqueezes

HALL OFTHE GIANTCRICKETS

Air, rootsTT

TT

410

9

3

5.5

6

5

913

893

874

2' Falls

TWIN DOMES

Rusty's Cave overliesHurricane Cave by 70'

1

10

1015

15

1

8

4

15

5

10

8

1.5

1

25

6' Falls Upperlevel

passage

4

Spring onsurface

3

4

1.5

Falls

Positive dye trace from Rusty'sCave to Holly's Spring and to Hurricane Cave via passage

above Hurricane ShowerApril 1999

7

7

5

MagneticNorth

N2.9WSept 1999

Surface 100' contour lines

22

Fox Mountain Cave Preserve

912

Donor Names updated 08/17/2012 by Kelsey LaneDonor Names updated 05/28/2009 by Kris H. Green

Copyright Brent T. Aulenbach - October 1999Copy by Permission Only

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