Disaster Declared in 25 More Kansas Counties
Posted by feww on June 25, 2011
USDA Declares 25 Additional Kansas Counties as Disaster Areas
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 25 more Kansas counties as disaster areas due to crop damage caused by the ongoing drought.
The latest designation, requested by Gov. Sam Brownback, covers the Wichita metropolitan area and south-central Kansas, and comes shortly after the agency had listed 21 other counties as disaster areas.
The latest designation cover Barber, Barton, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards, Ellis, Ford, Graham, Gray, Harper, Harvey, Hodgeman, Kingman, Lincoln, Norton, Phillips, Reno, Rice, Russell, Sedgwick, Stafford, Sumner and Trego counties.
Kansas Map of below normal 7-day average streamflow. Source: USGS.
Click images to enlarge
US Map of below normal 7-day average streamflow. Source: USGS. Click images to enlarge.
Fire Earth 
Leave a Reply