LegendWalls

Ceiling LedgesFloor Ledges

Floor Slopes

Soda StrawsStalactitesStalagmitesColumnsFlowstone

Left: elevation above datumRight: depth delow datum

Pooled Water

LowerWalls

Low side

Low

Flowing Water

Breakdown

Small,Large

Dome

Upper LevelWalls

7 -12

Breakdown nearMonument Passage

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X-1

X-1

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X-5

X-4 Air Force Room

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Buckner Cave Monroe County, IndianaUSGS 7.5 Min. Stanford and Whitehall QuadsAlternate Historic Names: Blair Cave, Saltpeter Cave

Resurvey conducted Oct. 2005 to Nov. 2007By members of the IUCC, BIG, SJVG, CIG, NIG, and WUSS.

Surveyed Length: 3.47 mi, 5.58 kmTrue Horizontal Length: 3.40 miTotal Vertical Extent: 124 ftAll units are feet unless otherwise noted.

A National Speleological Society Property Managed by: Richard Blenz Nature Conservancy, Inc.For access see www.bucknercave.org

Copyright 2012 Richard BlenzNature Conservancy, Inc

T

200 ft

Entrance

T-Room

LV Cushing Room

Domicile Pit Ent. (Filled)

Norm PaceExtension

Monument PassageBig Room

WPA Passage

Bullseye Pit(Gated, Private)

To Volcano Passage

The Submarine

The Window

Crystal Pool

Little Volcano

Volcano Passage

Volcano Room

Drains toKing BlairCave

Drains to Queen Blair Cave

BS South Passage

Column

Thunder Crawl

Too Low

Normally Sumped or VeryLow Airspace Continuation

Powell, Spaulding et. al. mapdepicts passage beyond sump

Lower Level:

Gurgling Spring Passage

Lower Level:Stream Passage Below Volcano Passage

Waterfall 13 ft

Waterfall Passage

Keens Grotto

Air Force Room

Entrance Crawl

Upper Level Canyon

Climb-down toGurgling Spring Passage

Fill

Low Connector CrawlsLower LevelBS North

BS North

Route to Waterfall Passage

100 50 150 0

N

0 50m

0 Datum: Bolt in �oor 794 ft above Mean Sea Level (NAD27)

Additional Cross SectionsLabeled reference numberor Passage name;Scale is as map scale.

Volcano PassageVolcano Room East-West

W E

BS South CrawlWaterfall Passage

Upper Level BSAir Force RoomTo Keens Grotto

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Upper Level:Breakdown Room

To KeensGrotto

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