Texas Speleological Survey

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For further information email site designer/webmaster Butch Fralia.

This page last updated May 10, 2008

TSS ONLINE

The on-line form is now functional!

TEXAS CAVE & KARST REPORT FORM

See who's used the on-line report!

Please fill in as many fields as you can. Some items you may not know or may not apply. Please use this form for known as well as new caves. Many known caves have not been reported to the TSS or information on them may have changed since last reported.

Please e-mail any scanned maps, sketches or pictures of the cave to Butch Fralia at the e-mail address below.

Please send paper, disk, or email to:

TEXAS SPELEOLOGICAL SURVEY
PRC 176/R4000
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712-1100
office phone: (512) 475-8802

Butch Fralia, Data Manager bfralia@maverickgrotto.org (817) 346-2039

Jim Kennedy, Office Manager jkennedy@batcon.org, (512) 443-8198

Please include a location map, either photocopied from a topographic or county map, or sketched below, indicating nearest town, roads, ranch names, trails, buildings, streams, hills, gullies, fences, windmills, stock tanks, cliffs, or any other "permanent" landmarks. Show a north arrow and scale or road-logged distance for each road segment:

If you are unable to submit an online report - please feel free to use the PDF version of the file accessed via the link below. A free viewer for the Adobe PDF file format can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com.

Cave & Karst Report Form (PDF Format)

Report cave/karst information to the Texas Speleological Survey.
When finished click the Submit button to e-mail to the TSS.

NOTE: Tab between fields or use the scroll bar - the ENTER Key sends e-mail!

Reported By:

Name:
Organization:
Street Address:
Address Cont:
City:
State/Province:
Postal Zip Code:
Country:
Home Phone:
E-Mail:
Report Date:- mm/dd/yy
Trip Date:- mm/dd/yy

Cave Name Data:

Name:
Other Name(s):
TSS ID(if avail.):

Cave Location Data:

County(s):
Area (ranch name, creek basin, subdivision, etc):
USGS 7.5 Quad:
UTM Zone:
Easting:
Northing:
Datum (prefer NAD27):
Estimated Precision (+/- Meters):
Latitude:
Longitude:
Elevation:	Units:

Location (Directions to the cave - provide map if possible):

Feature Data:

Type of feature:
Other(Describe)
* the definition of a “cave” in Texas is any natural occurring, humanly passable subsurface cavity which is at least 5 meters in traverse length, and where no dimension of the entrance exceeds the length.

Type of rock the cave was formed in:


Other Rock?
Geologic Formation:

Significant Aspects?

Aesthetics?
Archeology?
Bad Air?
Bats?
Used to have bats?
Biology?
Geology?
History?
Hydrology?
Paleontology?
Preserve?

Descriptive Data:

Source (Person who knows the cave, provide contact information if not the same person filling out this report)?


Gear?
Special Instructions (including hazards)?

Number of entrances?
Survey Length? (type unknown)
Survey Length? (traverse)
Survey Length? (horizontal)
Survey Depth?
Survey Units:
Explored Length? (unknown)
Explored Length? (traverse)
Explored Length? (horizontal)
Explored Depth?
Explored Units:

Synopis (brief description):

Description (use these headings if possible: description, history, biology, geology, archeology, paleontology, meteorology, conservation,
bibliography):

Owner Data:

Name:
Organization:
Street Address:
Address Cont:
City:
State/Province:
Postal Zip Code:
Country:
Phone:
E-Mail:

Any Significant comments about the owner

Are Maps or Other data being e-mailed separately?