Tracking the US Drought Over Time
US DROUGHT MAP
2011 & 2012 has proven to be the year of drought with Texas taking it’s worst hit last year. This interactive map from NPR shows trend across time from 2011 to present with the latest update from August 2012. Interacting with the data on the map reveals more trends across several years.
Visit npr drought for more information on counties severely affected.
Data Source: Data Sources: U.S. Drought Monitor, National Drought Mitigation Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Send feedback | Updated 8/23/12
Renice Obure, Research Intern, Vertices gis@vertices.org
But wanna state that this is handy , Thanks for taking your time to write this.
October 11, 2012 at 1:59 am