Cave and Karst Inventory in Carter Caves State Resort Park, Kentucky


Headed up by Dr. Horton Hobbs III

Ongoing efforts by WUSS cavers using professional grade geographic positioning systems (GPS) equipment (Trimble GeoXT and GeoExplorer III units) and mapping software (ESRI ArcMap) have created a growing map of cave and karst resources within Carter Caves State Resort Park. The map currently includes more than 200 cave and karst features, all accurate to within 2 meters, as well as other information on the park and surrounding lands, including streams, roads, geology, soil, hazardous waste handlers, fossil fuel resource wells/mines, etc. Integrated within this map are WUSS cave surveys created in the cave mapping program Compass, which can be displayed in a 3D format for positioning of caves relative to the surface and other cave passages. This is an ongoing project associated with the overall databasing of resources within the park.



Cave Surveys


Headed by survey team leaders

Please see our survey section for more information on WUSS's open survey projects



Other Projects


We are always looking for future caving related projects, please email us if you have any ideas.