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1,500–2,200 ft · KS🚗 Directions
The Red Hills (Gypsum Hills) of south-central Kansas — red-rock mesas and canyons around Medicine Lodge and the Barber County gyp hills, an island of rough breaks rising from the mixed-grass prairie. Cottonwood, hackberry, chinkapin oak, and soapberry crowd the spring-fed draws and the Medicine and Salt Fork rivers. Morels in the cottonwood-elm bottoms in spring; oysters on dead hardwoods after rain. Banded Mottlegill (Panaeolus cinctulus) fruits in the ranch pastures.
Updated Aug 1, 4:26 AM MT
Precip 7d
Observed precipitation from PRISM 4km gridded analysis, sampled at the region centroid through 2026-07-30. Used when no SNOTEL/SCAN station is mapped to this region.0.54"
PRISM 4km · thru 07-30
Precip 14d
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0.59"
PRISM 4km · thru 07-30
Soil Temp
87°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
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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.