How is Drought Affecting your Neighborhood?
- Extreme (D3) and Exceptional (D4) drought are currently not affecting the United States.
- Severe (D2) drought is present in southeast Alaska, Hawaii, and New Mexico.
Featured Resources:
Drought Status Updates
Two-page status updates on drought conditions, including current conditions, impacts, and outlook:
- California-Nevada Drought Outlook - March 2019
- Southwest Drought Status and El Niño Update – February 14, 2019
- El Niño & the Southwest Drought Status Update – December 6, 2018
- California-Nevada Drought Outlook - November 2018
- Southern Plains Drought Update – October 26, 2018
- El Niño & the Southwest Drought Status Update – October 26, 2018
News & Updates
NIDIS Partners with the University of Colorado to Enhance Tribal Engagement and Understand Drought Impacts on Outdoor Recreation
NIDIS and the University of Colorado-Boulder Masters of the Environment Program are teaming up on two drought-related research projects.
Improving Fire Risk Management With Drought Early Warning Information in California and Nevada
California and Nevada’s climate and weather patterns create fire-prone environments for many wildland–urban interface communities, highlighting the value in understanding the relationships between drought and wildfire. More specifically, information is...
NASA DEVELOP Analyzes Drought Impacts on Urban Tree Recovery in Texas
To investigate if satellite data can be used instead to provide estimates on how urban trees respond to widespread drought, TFS and the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station partnered...
Featured Drought Data, Maps & Tools
Drought Impacts Report
The National Drought Mitigation Center developed this database of drought impacts, which can be searched by location, type of impact, time period and more.
Drought Impacts Report
The National Drought Mitigation Center developed this database of drought impacts, which can be searched by location, type of impact, time period and more.
Wildfire Risks
The National Interagency Coordination Center in Boise, Idaho, produces these maps monthly.
Wildfire Risks
The National Interagency Coordination Center in Boise, Idaho, produces these maps monthly.
Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI)
The Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) is an experimental tool that can serve as an indicator of both rapidly evolving "flash" droughts (developing over a few weeks) and sustained droughts (developing over months but lasting up to years).
Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI)
The Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) is an experimental tool that can serve as an indicator of both rapidly evolving "flash" droughts (developing over a few weeks) and sustained droughts (developing over months but lasting up to years).
