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The Drought.gov team reformats data from multiple partners into web- and GIS-ready formats, which we use throughout Drought.gov. These data, hosted on Google Cloud Storage, are free for all to download or reference directly from their web applications.

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Maps
Dataset Name

U.S. Navigable Waterways in Drought

Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
11/12/24

Navigable waterways were provided by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Only waterways that enter the interior of the United States were included in this layer.

U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format. The USDM updates weekly on Thursdays.

Source(s)
Dataset Name

U.S. Interstates in Drought

Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
11/12/24

Interstates were extracted from a larger roads layer available from Natural Earth.

U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format. The USDM updates weekly on Thursdays.

Source(s)
Dataset Name

U.S. Airports in Drought

Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
11/12/24

Public airports were extracted from a larger airport layer provided by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).

U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format. The USDM updates weekly on Thursdays.

Source(s)
Dataset Name

U.S. Railways in Drought

Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
11/12/24

Railroad lines were extracted from a larger rail line layer provided by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).

U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format.  The USDM updates weekly on Thursdays.

Source(s)
Stats
Dataset Name

Transportation Statistics

Last Update
11/20/24

Annual statistics were ingested from Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Source(s)

Bureau of Transportation Statistics