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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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Dataset Name

U.S. Corn Crops in Drought, by County

Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
04/15/25

County-level commodities data was collected from USDA agricultural censuses. County figures for field crops represent the total acres harvested within that county. Agricultural data are valid as of 2017.

USDM data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format and are updated weekly on Thursdays. Access USDM GIS data.

Source(s)
Update Schedule

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service conducts a Census of Agriculture every 5 years (data from 2017). The U.S. Drought Monitor is updated every Thursday morning, with data valid through that Tuesday at 7 am Eastern.

Dataset Name

U.S. Soybean Crops in Drought, by County

Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
04/15/25

County-level commodities data was collected from USDA agricultural censuses. County figures for field crops represent the total acres harvested within that county. Agricultural data is valid as of 2017.

USDM data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format and are updated weekly on Thursdays. Access USDM GIS data.

Source(s)
Update Schedule

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service conducts a Census of Agriculture every 5 years (data from 2017). The U.S. Drought Monitor is updated every Thursday morning, with data valid through that Tuesday at 7 am Eastern.

Dataset Name

U.S. Hay Crops in Drought, by County

Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
04/15/25

County-level commodities data was collected from USDA agricultural censuses. County figures for field crops represent the total acres harvested within that county. Agricultural data are valid as of 2017.

USDM data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format and are updated weekly on Thursdays. Access USDM GIS data.

Source(s)
Update Schedule

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service conducts a Census of Agriculture every 5 years (data from 2017). The U.S. Drought Monitor is updated every Thursday morning, with data valid through that Tuesday at 7 am Eastern.

Dataset Name

U.S. Cattle in Drought, by County

Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
04/15/25

County-level commodities data was collected from USDA agricultural censuses. County figures for livestock represent the total inventory within that county. Agricultural data are valid as of 2017.

USDM data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format and are updated weekly on Thursdays. Access USDM GIS data.

Source(s)
Update Schedule

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service conducts a Census of Agriculture every 5 years (data from 2017). The U.S. Drought Monitor is updated every Thursday morning, with data valid through that Tuesday at 7 am Eastern.

Map
Dataset Name

NASA SPoRT-LIS 0-100 cm Soil Moisture Percentile

Update Schedule
Data Valid
Last Update
04/19/25

NASA’s Short-term Prediction and Transition Center – Land Information System (SPoRT-LIS) provides high-resolution (about 3-km) gridded soil moisture products in real-time to support regional and local modeling and improve situational awareness. The 0–100 cm soil moisture percentile data has shown to be a utility for drought monitoring. The near-surface (0–10 cm) layer responds quickly to heavy precipitation and rapidly drying events. In deeper layers, soil moisture evolves more slowly and has demonstrated greater utility overall for drought monitoring purposes since drought evolves typically on timescales of weeks to years. 

The 0–100 cm soil moisture percentiles use a 1981–2013 soil moisture climatology.

Soil moisture data from NASA Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center (SPoRT) were available in raster format.

Source(s)
Update Schedule

This map updates daily with data from NASA's Short-term Prediction and Transition Center – Land Information System (SPoRT-LIS).

Map
Dataset Name

Crop-CASMA: Sub-9km Soil Moisture Anomaly

Update Schedule
Data Valid
Last Update
04/15/25

Soil moisture data from Crop-CASMA were available in GeoTIFF format. GIS software used the GeoTIFF format to create the map tiles used on Drought.gov.

Source(s)

NASA, USDA, George Mason University

Update Schedule

Data are updated daily, with a 3-day delay.