Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Agriculture

Looking for More Data?

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.

View Drought.gov Data Downloads

Map Cards
Dataset Name
U.S. Corn Crops in Drought, by County
Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
03/21/23
Source(s)

County-level commodities data was collected from USDA agricultural censuses. County figures for field crops represent the total acres harvested within that county. Agricultural data are valid as of 2017.

USDM data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format and are updated weekly on Thursdays. Access USDM GIS data.

Dataset Links
Dataset Name
U.S. Soybean Crops in Drought, by County
Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
03/21/23
Source(s)

County-level commodities data was collected from USDA agricultural censuses. County figures for field crops represent the total acres harvested within that county. Agricultural data is valid as of 2017.

USDM data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format and are updated weekly on Thursdays. Access USDM GIS data.

Dataset Links
Dataset Name
U.S. Hay Crops in Drought, by County
Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
03/21/23
Source(s)

County-level commodities data was collected from USDA agricultural censuses. County figures for field crops represent the total acres harvested within that county. Agricultural data are valid as of 2017.

USDM data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format and are updated weekly on Thursdays. Access USDM GIS data.

Dataset Links
Dataset Name
U.S. Cattle in Drought, by County
Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
03/21/23
Source(s)

County-level commodities data was collected from USDA agricultural censuses. County figures for livestock represent the total inventory within that county. Agricultural data are valid as of 2017.

USDM data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format and are updated weekly on Thursdays. Access USDM GIS data.

Dataset Links
Dataset Name
Crop Moisture Index
Update Schedule
Updates Weekly
Last Update
03/18/23
Source(s)

Crop Moisture Index data were available via indices text files. Text files are available by National Weather Service regions across the contiguous United States. Regional text files were ingested, combined, and spatialized to display the Crop Moisture Index data for CONUS. 

Dataset Links