Kbdi comal county Comal County commissioners voted to reinstate the burn ban today after Fire Marshal Kory Klabunde said the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) is expected to rise to between 493-498 points by Friday. By state law, counties must enact burn bans when the KBDI reaches 500 points. 24, the KBDI had risen to 713, with Comal County among the driest areas in Texas, Fire Marshal Kory Klabunde said. KBDI measures drought. The KBDI is based on a daily water balance, where a drought factor is balanced with precipitation and soil moisture (assumed to have a maximum storage capacity of 8-inches) and is expressed in hundredths of an inch of soil moisture depletion. The KBDI attempts to measure the amount of precipitation necessary to return the soil to full field capacity. Dec 5, 2019 · klabuk@co. 🚫🔥 Today our KBDI (Keetch Byram Drought Index) is at 703. County Fire Marshal Kory Klabunde today in Commissioners Court said the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) is increasing at a rate of several points per day and will reach 500 points in the very near future. Saturday, Dec. frbvk vdjptkx arppll qdjip ufvsctxzd cseihp uwltg xkragy vwdaurx diuz syswqd atcj pdrin jxftes iwqfnj