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U.S. Drought Portal

The U.S. Drought Portal (www.drought.gov) is the U.S. government’s authoritative drought information website. It provides a one-stop shop for data, decision-support products, resources, and information on drought—from drought monitoring and prediction, to planning and preparedness, to applied research. Drought.gov contains a suite of tools containing current and historical drought information at various spatial and temporal scales, as well as soil data and drought adaptation strategies.

Inputs

User-specified location (Zip, City, State, County)

Outputs

Maps of current conditions and outlooks that depict the location and intensity of drought across the country

Format:

Web

Audience:

Researcher, Extension, Producer, Land Manager, Other

Time Investment:

Low

Spatial Scale:

National

Time Scale:

User-defined

Tool Developers:

NDMC, USDA, NOAA