Crop Disaster Declared for 387 Counties in 16 States

CORRECTION

Drought, excessive rainfall, cold temperatures cause crop disasters in 16 states

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 387 counties across 16 states as agricultural disaster areas in 11 separate disaster declarations.

The crop disasters have occurred across 16 states as a result of one or more of the following

• Drought
• Excessive rainfall
• Excessive precipitation
• Cooler than normal temperatures

The latest crop disaster designations are for the states of Alabama (5 counties), Arkansas (39), Delaware (3), Idaho (33), Illinois (6), Iowa (99), Louisiana (46), Maryland (6), Maine (7), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (73), Missouri (28), Tennessee (5), Texas (25), Utah (8) and Wyoming (2).

All counties and parishes listed as crop disaster areas on December 11, 2013,

Crop Disaster 2013

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared 4,347 county-level agricultural disaster areas across 45 states, so far this year.

State and County level records of calendar year 2013 disaster designations made by the USDA include losses and damages caused by one or more of the following

• DROUGHT
• FLOOD
• Flash flooding
• Excessive rain, moisture, humidity
• Severe Storms, thunderstorms
• Ground Saturation
• Standing Water
• Hail
• Wind, High Winds
• Fire, Wildfire
• Heat, Excessive heat
• High Temp. (incl. low humidity)
• Winter Storms, Ice Storms, Snow, Blizzard
• Frost, FREEZE
• Hurricanes, Typhoons, Tropical Storms
• Tornadoes
• Volcano
• Mudslides, Debris Flows, Landslides
• Heavy Surf
• Ice Jams
• Insects
• Tidal Surges
• Cold, wet weather
• Cool/Cold, Below-normal Temperatures
• Lightning
• Disease

Notes:
1. USDA trigger point for a countywide disaster declaration is 30 percent crop loss on at least one crop.

2. The total number of counties designated as agricultural disaster areas includes both primary and contiguous disaster areas.

3. The U.S. has a total of 3,143 counties and county-equivalents.

4. A number of counties have been designated crop disaster areas more than once due to multiple disasters.

5. The disaster designations were approved by USDA between January 9 and December 11, 2013.

Disaster Map Crop Year 2013, updated on December 11, 2013

Recent Federal and Agriculture Disaster Declarations

• Crop Disasters Declared for 28 Counties across 4 States  November 28, 2013
• Illinois Declared Federal Disaster Area November 27, 2013
• Nebraska Declared Federal Disaster Area November 27, 2013
• Major Disaster Declared for South Dakota November 9, 2013
• Major Disaster Declared in North Dakota November 1, 2013

• North Carolina Declared Federal Disaster Area October 31, 2013
• Major Disaster Declared in New Mexico October 30, 2013
• Kansas Declared Federal Disaster Area October 30, 2013
• Blizzard Kills 80,000 Cattle in S. Dakota October 14, 2013
• New Mexico Declared Federal Disaster Area October 2, 2013

• Agricultural Disaster Declared for 194 Counties in 13 States September 20, 2013
• N. Colorado Declared as Federal Disaster Area September 14, 2013
• Agricultural Disaster Declared for 138 counties in 14 States
• Drought 2013
• Agricultural Disasters Index