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The Drought.gov team reformats data from multiple partners into web- and GIS-ready formats, which we use throughout Drought.gov. These data, hosted on Google Cloud Storage, are free for all to download or reference directly from their web applications.

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Maps
Dataset Name

Power Plants in Drought

Update Schedule
Updated Weekly
Last Update
07/03/25

Power plant locations were ingested from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Only power plants that require water through generation, extraction, refining, and/or transportation were included in this layer.

U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format. Access USDM GIS data.

Source(s)
Update Schedule

Power plant data is available from the Energy Information Administration. The U.S. Drought Monitor map is updated weekly onThursday mornings, with data valid through that Tuesday at 7 am Eastern.

Dataset Name

Hydropower Plants in Drought

Update Schedule
Updated Weekly
Last Update
07/03/25

Power plant locations were ingested from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Power plants labeled with the primary source as hydroelectric were included in this layer. 

U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format. Access USDM GIS data.

Source(s)
Update Schedule

Hydropower plant data is available from the Energy Information Administration. The U.S. Drought Monitor map is updated weekly onThursday mornings, with data valid through that Tuesday at 7 am Eastern.