Drought Crop Disasters Declared in 8 States
Posted by feww on June 12, 2014
EXTREME CLIMATIC EVENTS
WORSENING DROUGHT
MAJOR DISASTERS
SCENARIOS 444, 03
CROP DISASTERS DECLARED
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Drought Destroys Crops in 79 Counties across Eight States
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 79 counties across eight states as crop disaster areas due to worsening drought. USDA issued six separate designations for crop disasters on June 11, 2014.
Drought Disaster Designations are for the following states:
Idaho (18 counties), Oklahoma (13 counties), Oregon (20 counties), Washington (14 counties), Nevada (1 County), Utah (1 County), Wyoming(2 counties) and Kansas (10 counties).
Drought Disasters 2014
Beginning January 10, 2014 USDA has declared at least 1,992 separate crop disasters across 27 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, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and Washington, Wyoming. [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 June 11, 2014.
California Drought Disasters
- Drought Spells More Crop Disasters for Five States May 22, 2014
- Southern Sierra Loses Snow Cover May 27, 2014
- California’s Snow Story: Going, Going … May 21, 2014
- Severe – Exceptional Drought Plague 100% of California May 16, 2014
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