Editing Cave Springs, Arkansas (section)

==Geography==
Cave Springs is located in southern central Benton County in the valley of Osage Creek. [[Arkansas Highway 112]] (Main Street) leads north {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Bentonville, Arkansas|Bentonville]] and south {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]]. [[Arkansas Highway 264]] (East Lowell Avenue) leads east {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Lowell, Arkansas|Lowell]] and west (as Healing Springs Road) {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Northwest Arkansas National Airport]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|18.0|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|17.8|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 0.84%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0512340| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212181317/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0512340| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cave Springs city, Arkansas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=September 20, 2013}}</ref> Lake Keith, a small water basin in the middle of Cave Springs, harbors the rare [[Ozark cavefish|Ozark Cavefish (''Amblyopsis rosae'')]]. In October 2013, Lake Keith was temporarily drained.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.upstreammatters.com/100-years-later-draining-the-lake-at-cave-springs/|title=100 Years Later… Draining the Lake at Cave Springs|last=HAAK|first=DELIA|date=October 10, 2013|website=|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024171650/http://www.upstreammatters.com/100-years-later-draining-the-lake-at-cave-springs/|archive-date=October 24, 2016|access-date=}}</ref>

Water from Lake Keith feeds into the [[Osage Creek]], a tributary of the [[Illinois River (Oklahoma)|Illinois River]].<ref name=gnis/>

[[File:Lake Kieth.jpg|thumb|Eastern shore of Lake Keith, looking west.]]