Crop Disasters Declared in 11 States

EXTREME CLIMATIC EVENTS
WORSENING DROUGHT
FREEZE
MULTIPLE CROP DISASTERS
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Drought, Freeze Cause Crop Disasters in 182 Counties across 11 States

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 182 counties across 11 states as crop disaster areas due to drought and freeze. The USDA issued seven separate designations for crop disasters on May 15, 2014.

Crop disaster designations due to DROUGHT are for the following states:

• California (2 additional counties)
• Kansas (39 additional counties)
• Oklahoma (17 additional counties)
• Oregon (15 additional counties)
• Texas (66 additional counties)
• Utah (7 additional counties)
• Washington (9 counties)

Crop disaster designations due to FREEZE are for the following states:

• Connecticut (2 counties)
• Massachusetts (1 county)
• New York (22 additional counties)
• Pennsylvania (2 additional counties)

Drought Disasters 2014

Beginning January 10, 2014 USDA has declared at least 1,718 separate crop disasters across 24  states. Most of those designations are due to the worsening drought.

• Those states are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and Washington. [FIRE-EARTH has documented all of the above listings.]

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

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

iii. Counties may have been designated crop disaster areas more than once due to multiple disasters.

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

v. The disaster designations posted above were approved by USDA on My 15, 2014.

California Drought Disasters

• Severe – Exceptional Drought Plague 100% of California  May 16, 2014

Related Links

• Drought Disaster Declared for Crops in 79 Counties Posted by feww on May 8, 2014
• Drought Disaster Destroys Crops in Six States May 1, 2014
• LAST CHANCE TO DECORPORATIZE, REHUMANIZE April 27, 2014
• U.S. Drought Expands April 25, 2014
• Drought Disaster Declared for Crops in 9 States  April 24, 2014
• Drought Destroys Texas Crops April 24, 2014
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