Drought Disaster Declared in 56 Counties

Drought Disaster Extends to Georgia and Florida Counties

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 51 counties in Georgia and 5 counties in Florida as drought disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the recent drought. The designations include both primary and contiguous disaster areas.

U.S. Drought Disaster Map as of February 13, 2013. Source: USDA

Map of primary and contiguous designations for 2012 crop losses, as of February 13, 2013

Disaster Designation Information (USDA Web)

• Disaster Map Crop Year 2013, (PDF, 517 KB) February 13, 2013 | Text-Only (accessible) Version (1KB)
• Disaster Map Crop Year 2012, (PDF, 514 KB) February 13, 2013 | Text-Only (accessible) Version (1KB)
• Download Disaster Designations Map Drought Specific for 2012, (PDF, 505 KB) February 13, 2013 | Text-Only (accessible) Version (1KB)
• Download Disaster Designations Map Drought Specific for 2013, (PDF, 518 KB) February 13, 2013 | Text-Only (accessible) Version (1KB)

List of drought designated areas  Primary and Contiguous Counties in PDF File Format:

• Listing of Disaster Designated Counties 2013, (PDF, 1.0 MB) February 13, 2013
• Listing of Disaster Designated Counties 2012, (PDF, 566 KB) February 13, 2013
• Listing of Disaster Designated Counties, Drought Specific, (PDF, 145 KB) February 13, 2013.
• Listing of Disaster Designated Counties, Drought Specific for 2013, (PDF, 1.1 MB) February 13, 2013.

U.S. Drought Map

In the week to February 12, the area covered by drought levels D1 to D4 receded by about 1 percent.

Drought Map for Contiguous U.S. dated February 12, 2013, released by US Drought Monitor on February 14.

FIRE-EARTH Drought Links 2013

• US: Drought Disaster 2013

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