The Crowe Falls Creek drainage basin contains within its boundaries many interesting hydrological and geological features. The geology of the area is composed of many stratified layers of sedimentary carbonate rock ranging from the Ordovician aged Dillsboro, Saluda, and Whitewater formations to the Silurian Brassfield formation and the Osgood and Laurel members of the Salamonie formation. Over twenty springs populate this watershed, many of them originating in the Laurel dolostone. It is likely that the Laurel is indeed a shallow fractured bedrock aquifer. The combined factors of numerous prolific springs, high potential for formation of a large amount of void space, and relatively high water yield from water supply wells drilled into the Laurel support this claim. It seems logical that an increase in precipitation would cause a direct and obvious increase in spring output due to increased recharge to the aquifer feeding the spring. However, this is not exactly the case. The system is much more complex than simply adding rain and observing higher spring output. Factors that could play a role in why the relationship is not so direct and simple include the permeability of the soil overlaying the bedrock aquifer, the time it takes for water to percolate down into the aquifer, the nature of the precipitation event (i.e. a long soaking rain versus a short heavy downpour), et cetera…