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Drought Contacts

Crop impact information can be found at the USDA NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Service) and Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin pages. Drought statements by local National Weather Service Offices can be found at the NWS Hydrologic Information Center. Drought threat assessments and other information can be found at NOAA's Drought Information Center. Hydrologic moisture assessments can be found at the joint U.S. Water Monitor site maintained by the USGS. Additional drought information can be found at the National Drought Mitigation Center, the USDA's National Agricultural Library, the interim National Drought Council, and the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program. The following states have set up web pages detailing current drought conditions and/or their plans to handle drought emergencies:

LOWER 48 STATES

Alabama	Arizona-1 Arizona-2 Arizona-3	Arkansas	California	Colorado	Connecticut
Delaware	Florida Panhandle	Georgia	Idaho	Illinois	Indiana
Iowa	Kansas	Kentucky	Louisiana	Maine-1 Maine-2	Maryland
Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota	Mississippi	Missouri	Montana
Nebraska	Nevada	New Hampshire	New Jersey-1 New Jersey-2	New Mexico-1 New Mexico-2 New Mexico-3 New Mexico-4 New Mexico-5	New York
North Carolina	North Dakota	Ohio	Oklahoma-1 Oklahoma-2	Oregon	Pennsylvania-1 Pennsylvania-2
Rhode Island	South Carolina	South Dakota	Tennessee	Texas	Utah
Vermont	Virginia	Washington	West Virginia	Wisconsin	Wyoming

AK, HI, and SPECIAL REGIONS

Alaska

Delaware River Basin (DE-NJ-NY-PA)

Hawaii

For additional information on current and past wildfire seasons please see the National Interagency Fire Center web site or the U.S. Forest Service Fire and Aviation web site.

NCDC's Drought Recovery Page shows the precipitation required to end or ameliorate droughts and the probability of receiving the required precipitation.
Additional climate monitoring graphics can be found at the Climate Prediction Center's monitoring pages:

Precipitation and modeled soil moisture anomaly maps for the Midwest U.S. can be found at the Midwest Regional Climate Center's monitoring page.
Drought conditions on the Canadian prairies can be found at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Drought Watch page.

For questions concerning the contact information on this page, contact:

Alvin McGahee
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
fax: 828-271-4876
email: Alvin.L.Mcgahee@noaa.gov
For further information on drought, contact:

Richard Heim
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
fax: 828-271-4876
email: Richard.Heim@noaa.gov
For all other questions, please contact the National Climatic Data Center's Climate Services Division:

Climate Services and Monitoring Division
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
fax: +1-828-271-4876
phone: +1-828-271-4800
email: ncdc.info@noaa.gov
To request climate data, plese E-mail: ncdc.orders@noaa.gov

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