{"id":1789125,"date":"2020-08-17T11:39:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T15:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789125"},"modified":"2020-08-17T11:39:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T15:39:51","slug":"drought-affects-one-third-of-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/08\/drought-affects-one-third-of-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Drought Affects One-Third of the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1789127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1789127\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/147118\/a-third-of-the-us-faces-drought\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1789127\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/08\/drought-affects-one-third-of-the-united-states\/nasa-eo-drought-2020-08\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nasa-eo-drought-2020-08.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,553\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nasa-eo-drought-2020-08\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using GRACE data from the National Drought Mitigation Center and data from the United States Drought Monitor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nasa-eo-drought-2020-08-300x230.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nasa-eo-drought-2020-08.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1789127 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nasa-eo-drought-2020-08.jpg\" alt=\"A Third of the U.S. Faces Drought (NASA Earth Observatory)\" width=\"720\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nasa-eo-drought-2020-08.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nasa-eo-drought-2020-08-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nasa-eo-drought-2020-08-150x115.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1789127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA Earth Observatory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One-third of the United States is currently affected by at least moderate levels of drought, <a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/147118\/a-third-of-the-us-faces-drought\">NASA Earth Observatory reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/147118\/a-third-of-the-us-faces-drought\"><p>The map above shows conditions in the continental U.S. as of August 11, 2020, as reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/\">U.S. Drought Monitor program<\/a>, a partnership of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the University of Nebraska\u2014Lincoln. The map depicts drought intensity in progressive shades of orange to red and is based on measurements of climate, soil, and water conditions from more than 350 federal, state, and local observers around the country. NASA provides <a href=\"http:\/\/nasagrace.unl.edu\/\">experimental measurements and models<\/a> to this drought monitoring effort.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Drought Monitor, more than 93 percent of the land area in Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico is in some level of drought; 69 percent of Utah is in severe drought, as is 61 percent of Colorado. More than three-fourths of Oregon, Arizona, and Wyoming are also in drought. The effects of \u201csevere\u201d drought include stunted and browning crops, limited pasture yields, dust storms, reduced well water levels, and an increase in the number and severity of wildfires. Most of those areas had no sign of drought in the mid-summer of 2019.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-third of the United States is currently affected by at least moderate levels of drought, NASA Earth Observatory reports. The map above shows conditions in the continental U.S. as of August 11, 2020, as reported&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/08\/drought-affects-one-third-of-the-united-states\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[189,11,12,158],"class_list":["post-1789125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-weather-and-climate","tag-drought","tag-earth-observatory","tag-nasa","tag-usa","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1808739,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/08\/mapping-drought-in-europe\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789125,"position":0},"title":"Mapping Drought in Europe","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"26 August 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"The European Drought Observatory maps drought the way meteorologists map extreme weather: it maps watches, warnings and alerts based on a lack of rainfall, a lack of soil moisture, and stress to vegetation following a lack of moisture, respectively. In addition to the online map viewer, there is a comparison\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weather and Climate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/european-drought-1024x969.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/european-drought-1024x969.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/european-drought-1024x969.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/european-drought-1024x969.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1229478,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/01\/hot-and-cold\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789125,"position":1},"title":"Hot and Cold","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 January 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"The deep freeze is unevenly distributed. NASA Earth Observatory published this temperature anomaly map based on data from the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. A temperature anomaly map shows how much warmer or colder temperatures are versus the average\u2014in this case, land surface temperatures from 26 December 2017 to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weather and Climate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/temp-anomaly-na.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/temp-anomaly-na.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/temp-anomaly-na.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/temp-anomaly-na.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1789329,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/09\/mapping-the-california-heat-wave\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789125,"position":2},"title":"Mapping the California Heat Wave","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 September 2020","format":"image","excerpt":"NASA Earth Observatory: \u201cThe map above shows air temperatures across the United States on September 6, 2020, when much of the Southwest roasted in a dramatic heatwave. The map was derived from the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) model and represents temperatures at 2 meters (about 6.5 feet) above the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weather and Climate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"NASA Earth Observatory: California Heatwave 2020","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/california-heatwave-2020-nasa-eo-1024x741.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/california-heatwave-2020-nasa-eo-1024x741.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/california-heatwave-2020-nasa-eo-1024x741.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/california-heatwave-2020-nasa-eo-1024x741.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1787607,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/map-of-uv-exposure-in-the-united-states\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789125,"position":3},"title":"Map of UV Exposure in the United States","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"15 August 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"NASA Earth Observatory: The NASA Applied Sciences Program has partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create the first publicly available map of ultraviolet (UV) radiation for all counties in the contiguous United States. The dataset, which spans 2005-2015, is available on the CDC's National Environmental\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weather and Climate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/nasa-eo-sunburn.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/nasa-eo-sunburn.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/nasa-eo-sunburn.gif?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/nasa-eo-sunburn.gif?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1789281,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/09\/more-on-the-western-u-s-wildfires\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789125,"position":4},"title":"More on the Western U.S. Wildfires","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 September 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"NASA Earth Observatory has had several stories on the western U.S. wildfires, gathered here. This story summarizes the situation; satellite images of the smoke generated by the fires can be seen here, here and here. https:\/\/twitter.com\/tierneyl\/status\/1305146959485898754 Marena Brinkhurst of Mapbox has a comprehensive list of open data sources relating to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Disasters","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/disasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nasa-eo-western-fires-20200909-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nasa-eo-western-fires-20200909-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nasa-eo-western-fires-20200909-1024x768.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nasa-eo-western-fires-20200909-1024x768.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4339,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/04\/mapping-global-landslide-susceptibility\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789125,"position":5},"title":"Mapping Global Landslide Susceptibility","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 April 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"NASA Earth Observatory notes the release of a new map of global landslide susceptibility\u00a0that models the risks of landslides that are triggered by heavy rain.\u00a0\"The map is part of a broader effort to establish a hazards monitoring system that combines satellite observations of rainfall from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Geology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Geology","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/geology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/global-susceptibility-1024x520.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/global-susceptibility-1024x520.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/global-susceptibility-1024x520.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/global-susceptibility-1024x520.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1789125"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1789129,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789125\/revisions\/1789129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1789125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1789125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1789125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}