Kerr Spring - Sespe - Los Padres National Forest

34.55917, -119.09083

Submitted Reports

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 11-22-2022 - by Karley Rodriguez

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	11-22-2022
Surveyor Name:	Karley Rodriguez
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Flowing
Water Source Details:	30 seconds per liter. good taste.
Weather Conditions:

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 06-04-2022 - by Addison Jerlow

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	06-04-2022
Surveyor Name:	Addison Jerlow
Camp Description:	best water on the Sespe River trail right now
Water Source:	Flowing
Water Source Details:	~2L/minute
Weather Conditions:	mid 80s

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 11-23-2021 - by Karley Rodriguez

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	11-23-2021
Surveyor Name:	Karley Rodriguez
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Trickle
Water Source Details:	Slow but steady trickle, ~ 2 min per liter. nice PVC pipe makes it easy to fill.
Weather Conditions:

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 11-02-2021 - by Daniel J. Hall

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	11-02-2021
Surveyor Name:	Daniel J. Hall
Camp Description:	Small but steady flow of clear water from Kerr Spring.  This was 1 week after 1.6 inches of rain reported at Piedra Blanca.  For more detail in captioned photos: https://tinyurl.com/yk2kexc6
Water Source:	Flowing
Water Source Details:	Small but steady flow from Kerr Spring.
Weather Conditions:

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 03-26-2021 - by David Cairngorm

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	03-26-2021
Surveyor Name:	David Cairngorm
Camp Description:	I remember this was confusing on my first visit nine years ago. The wet patch on the trail is directly below the spring. Keep going east for a few yards and then take the the obvious but overgrown side trail.
Water Source:	Flowing
Water Source Details:	Steady flow through the small hose.
Weather Conditions:

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 01-17-2021 - by Anonymous Surveyor

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	01-17-2021
Surveyor Name:	Anonymous Surveyor
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Trickle
Water Source Details:
Weather Conditions:

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 11-27-2020 - by Christopher P. Lord

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	11-27-2020
Surveyor Name:	Christopher P. Lord
Camp Description:	Just a trickle from the spring. 300 or so feet upstream as the crow flies along the trail is a flat with fire ring.  https://christopherplord.blogspot.com/2020/12/horsethief-timber-canyon-camps.html
Water Source:	Trickle
Water Source Details:
Weather Conditions:	Sunny with cold nights
Images:	nearby site a few hundred feet upstream

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 08-10-2020 - by Erin Swenson-Healey

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	08-10-2020
Surveyor Name:	Erin Swenson-Healey
Camp Description:	Kerr Spring was at a trickle. The water was nice and cold.
Water Source:	Trickle
Water Source Details:	Kerr Spring trickles out of the hillside and crosses the trail - can't miss it
Weather Conditions:

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 11-19-2018 - by Anonymous Surveyor

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	11-19-2018
Surveyor Name:	Anonymous Surveyor
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Trickle
Water Source Details:
Weather Conditions:

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 09-02-2018 - by HORNMAN

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	09-02-2018
Surveyor Name:	HORNMAN
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Flowing
Water Source Details:	Spring good to go... solid flow...
Weather Conditions:	clear & 85

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 06-16-2018 - by Erik and Jenn

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	06-16-2018
Surveyor Name:	Erik and Jenn
Camp Description:	Nice place to lunch on the rocks, no place to camp
Water Source:	Flowing
Water Source Details:	flow in and out, about 3 feet deep and 25 yards of pond, small curious fish
Weather Conditions:	clear this day and only about 70 degrees

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 11-05-2017 - by Peter Green

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	11-05-2017
Surveyor Name:	Peter Green
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Trickle
Water Source Details:	Same as it was in August - trickle, but flowing.
Weather Conditions:

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 08-06-2017 - by Peter

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	08-06-2017
Surveyor Name:	Peter
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Trickle
Water Source Details:	Not a lot, but enough to get a few cups in a minute or so.
Weather Conditions:

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 07-28-2017 - by Anonymous Surveyor

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	07-28-2017
Surveyor Name:	Anonymous Surveyor
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Trickle
Water Source Details:
Weather Conditions:	Clear and mid 90s

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 05-12-2017 - by Cairngorm

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	05-12-2017
Surveyor Name:	Cairngorm
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Flowing
Water Source Details:
Weather Conditions:

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 09-07-2016 - by Anonymous Surveyor

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	09-07-2016
Surveyor Name:	Anonymous Surveyor
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Dry
Water Source Details:
Weather Conditions:	hot dry

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 03-28-2016 - by Yellow Mantis

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	03-28-2016
Surveyor Name:	Yellow Mantis
Camp Description:	to get to where you can get drinking water, (going east on the trail), when the trail stops climbing the hill and turns left, go right past a couple of fallen trees.  approx. 20 yards from main trail you will find a tube shoved into the mountain with water flowing out of it.  it is slow but will fill your water bottles.
Water Source:	Trickle
Water Source Details:	delicious cold clean water
Weather Conditions:

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 03-19-2016 - by A. Hope

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	03-19-2016
Surveyor Name:	A. Hope
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Trickle
Water Source Details:	Not enough flow to collect drinking water
Weather Conditions:

Kerr Spring - Sespe Survey - 10-31-2015 - by Austin R

Link:	Kerr Spring - Sespe
Date:	10-31-2015
Surveyor Name:	Austin R
Camp Description:
Water Source:	Dry
Water Source Details:	Ground is soggy, but no useable water.
Weather Conditions:
Images:

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