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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
915924
949
953952
956
947
928
935
958
919
985
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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