{"id":3568,"slug":"norris-geyser-basin-yellowstone-wyoming","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Norris is the hottest — the '459°F' that's the recorded, the '115,000 years' that's the thermal. The 'Steamboat' is the tallest — the '300 feet' that's the world, the 'unpredictable' that's the 3-50 years. The 'acid' is the rare — the 'pH 3.5' that's the Echinus, the 'only acid geysers' that's the few.","The 'Norris' is the named — the 'second superintendent' that's the Philetus, the 'dynamic' that's the daily. The 'earthquake' is the '59 — the 'Hebgen Lake' that's the 7.5, the 'rejuvenated' that's the 2 years. Norris is the change — the 'seismic' that's the constant, the 'features' that's the shift.","The file keeps Norris: the hottest basin, the Steamboat geyser, the acid waters, and the earthquake link.","Norris Geyser Basin is the archive's Yellowstone file — the hottest."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Norris Geyser Basin is the archive's Yellowstone file — the dynamic's peak.","A basin keeps its heat — the file's suggestion being that Norris's hold is the extreme: the '459°F' that's the recorded, the 'Steamboat' that's the tallest, and the 'unpredictable' that's the years."]}],"name":"Norris Geyser Basin","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","LEGEND_SITE","GEOLOGY","GEOTHERMAL"],"groups":["legends"],"desc":"The hottest basin—where Steamboat blows 300 feet.","full_desc":"Norris Geyser Basin is a site in Yellowstone, Wyoming. The hottest basin—where Steamboat blows 300 feet. The presence its accounts keep returning to is the one they call the geysers. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Yellowstone","county":null,"state":"Wyoming","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":null,"lon":null,"coord_kind":null,"status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"MTWY batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":3946,"type":"LEGEND","description":"The basin’s lore is documented. The lore gives it a name — The geysers — which is what turns a report into a resident. Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone, Wyoming carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Norris Geyser Basin'. The legend does what legends do — it explains the place in a way the records can't.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The geysers","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Norris Geyser Basin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_Geyser_Basin","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3947,"type":"GEOLOGICAL","description":"The thermal activity is documented. The reports at Norris Geyser Basin are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. Media accounts carried the story further than the evidence ever did. Sources including 'Norris Geyser Basin' keep the claim in circulation. The reports keep the place on every haunted list it qualifies for.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","evidence_label":"Media reported","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Norris Geyser Basin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_Geyser_Basin","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The basin is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'Norris Geyser Basin'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it. The account stays in the file — reported, retold, unresolved.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Norris Geyser Basin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_Geyser_Basin","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The basin’s lore is documented. The reports at Norris Geyser Basin are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. 'Norris Geyser Basin' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Norris Geyser Basin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_Geyser_Basin","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The geysers","claimed_identity":"The geysers","verified":null,"summary":"The basin’s lore is documented. The geysers is what the reports name it. The reports at Norris Geyser Basin are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The account appears in 'Norris Geyser Basin'. The lore has a face now: The geysers. The lore keeps its witness. The reports keep the address on the map.","behavior":"The basin’s lore is documented.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Norris Geyser Basin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_Geyser_Basin","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Norris Geyser Basin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_Geyser_Basin","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}