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NIDIS supports drought research through advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms that lead to drought as well as improving the coordination and delivery of drought information.
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Historical Water Watcher example image

Historical Water Watcher

This tool, available as part of The Climate Toolbox, provides maps and summary tables of different drought types, such as agricultural and meteorological drought, for a location in the contiguous U

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United States

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Current Conditions, Historical data (period of record varies)

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pdf

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Land-based Station

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HydroData map showing reservoir storage data

HydroData

HydroData is the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s hydrologic database access portal.

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United States

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csv

json

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Land-based Station

InciWeb interactive active fire map

InciWeb: Incident Information System

InciWeb is an interagency all-risk incident information management system.

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United States

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Current Conditions

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Integrated Water Portal

The Integrated Water Portal is a map-driven data exploration and visualization tool that brings together water data from several agencies and allows users to quickly explore regional and local wate

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United States

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2005 - Present

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images

csv

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Land-based Station

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Satellite

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