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700–1,200 ft · TX🚗 Directions
The eastern Cross Timbers — a belt of post oak and blackjack oak savanna threading through north-central Texas just west of the DFW metroplex. LBJ and Caddo National Grasslands give the largest public access, with sandy upland oak woods and shaded creek bottoms (cedar elm, pecan, hackberry). Spring morels appear in dying-elm and pecan flats along the West Fork Trinity; chanterelles and chicken-of-the-woods follow summer thunderstorms. Golden Teacher (Psilocybe cubensis) fruits from cattle dung in the surrounding pastures after warm rains.
Updated Jun 17, 4:24 AM MT
# Cross Timbers / LBJ—S Tier Peak Window You're in a rare alignment: sustained warm soil (80°F for a week straight), solid moisture carry-over (4" in 14 days), and no drought stress. This is why everything on the board lights up green. The chanterelles and chicken of the woods are your bread-and-butter targets—both flush hard when soil moisture sits at 0.28–0.31 VWC in warm Texan conditions. The polypores, wood ears, and jelly ears are reliable secondary targets that don't need babysitting. The only constraint is moderate desiccation risk going forward. You've got maybe 4–6 days of prime conditions before heat and evaporation start clawing back the moisture advantage. Watch for the next rain event; if we stay dry, VWC will crater and the window closes fast. **Hot tip:** Hunt the north-facing draws and oak understory where soil stays cooler and moisture persists longest—your flush will extend there by several days compared to exposed areas.
Generated by Claude (Anthropic) from the structured weather, soil, and phenology data on this page. The LLM can misread edge cases — treat this as a starting hypothesis, not a guarantee. Always verify conditions on the ground before committing to a long drive.
Precip 7d
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0.82"
PRISM 4km · thru 06-15
Precip 14d
Observed precipitation from PRISM 4km gridded analysis, sampled at the region centroid through 2026-06-15. Used when no SNOTEL/SCAN station is mapped to this region.4.03"
PRISM 4km · thru 06-15
Soil Temp
80°F
SWE
Snow Water Equivalent — how much water is in the snowpack vs. normal. Declining SWE means snowmelt is adding moisture to the soil.0%
Drought
None
Snowmelt
complete
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)
Primordia readiness: Cold = mycelium dormant. Activating = soil warming, primordia building. Primed = 5+ sustained warm days at species threshold; fruiting imminent if moisture cooperates. Based on Schmidt 1983 / Mihail 2007.