Last Updated on September 12, 2024 4:49 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, the High Country continues to be classified in drought status, while moderate drought conditions expand in the southwestern part of the state.
Watauga, Ashe, and Avery continue in abnormally dry status again this week, the 8th in a row.
The weekly update, put out by the North Carolina Drought Management Council, shows zero counties in the Extreme Drought status, zero counties in the Severe Drought category, 10 counties in Moderate Drought, and 20 in Abnormally Dry status.
Drought categories are based on streamflow, groundwater levels, the amount of water stored in reservoirs, soil moisture, the time of year, and other relevant factors for assessing the extent and severity of dry conditions.
D1 – Moderate Drought
Buncombe
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Madison
Swain
Yancey
Total: 10
D0 – Abnormally Dry
Alexander
Ashe
Avery
Burke
Caldwell
Caswell
Catawba
Henderson
McDowell
Mitchell
Northampton
Person
Polk
Rockingham
Rutherford
Transylvania
Vance
Warren
Watauga
Wilkes
Total: 20
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