Drought Impacts in the United States

This report, produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center, complements the U.S. Drought Monitor and the USDA–National Agricultural Statistics Service Weekly Crop and Weather Bulletin by outlining drought recovery areas, detailing state-by-state drought impacts, and providing information on how states are preparing for and responding to drought. Click on a state in the list below to see information about its current drought impacts.

Archive of previous Drought Impacts in the United States reports

For more information on conditions nationwide, see the U.S. Drought Monitor, nationwide summaries of weather and agricultural conditions from the National Agricultural Statistics Service, current agriculture-related news releases and emergency declarations from the USDA’s Farm Service Agency . For more information on conditions in individual states, see the State Reports from USDA–National Agricultural Statistics Service. Online newspapers carry many articles about drought conditions. To find online papers for a specific state or region, see Newslink. Please send comments or questions to Donna Woudenberg.