WIMBERLEY, Texas (KXAN) – Jacob’s Well Natural Area closed to the public Thursday after minor flooding. The popular swimming hole has already been closed for the past three summers due to low flow.

For as beautiful as Jacob’s Well is, or was, it is not immune to the massive drought that has overtaken central and South Texas. Jacob’s Well has not seen swimmers for more than three years now.

HAYS COUNTY, Texas – To set the scene, picture a creek, with a large hole in the center. In that hole is beautiful, blue water so clear that you can see 30 feet down into the submerged cave. That ...