Drought

Texas Hazard Mitigation Package (THMP)

 

SUMMARY DATA

 

Data Layer:
Drought (Months): 1950 - 2003
Content:
Number of drought months from 1950 to 2003, summarized by county
Counties categorized into 5 classes using the natural breaks method
Use Notes:

Identify the relative risk for this hazard.

Tabular data includes summary of drought severity (length of drought, property losses, crop losses, total losses, etc.) for each county.
 
Direct statewide download of this data layer.
User options for downloading this data layer or others by county (or statewide), use the Download Utility
Source:

University of South Carolina / Dept. of Geography, Hazards Research Lab
www.cas.sc.edu/geog/hrl

For direct access to data source, SHELDUS database (Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for U.S.):
go2.cla.sc.edu/hazard/db_registration

 

DETAILED DATA

Data Layer:
Drought Events: 1994 - 2003
Content:
 Drought events in Texas from 1994 to 2003

Each county is represented by a single symbol containing multiple drought events.

There are two categories of drought events:
Star = Drought
Cross = Dry Microburst.
Use Notes:

Tabular data includes drought severity (length of drought, property losses, crop losses, total losses, etc.)

 
Direct statewide download of this data layer.
User options for downloading this data layer or others by county (or statewide), use the Download Utility
Source:

National Climatic Data Center / NOAA
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html

…Direct link to Storm Events:
www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms

State = Texas, Event Type = Drought

 

 

OTHER MAPS AND DATA

 

United States Geological Survey (USGS)
http://nhss.cr.usgs.gov/
Note: Shows "current" hazards, including active fires

Texas Interagency Coordinating Center (Texas Forest Service, Texas A&M Univ. Spatial Sciences Lab, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
http://sslgtw05.tamu.edu/website/kbdi/viewer.htm

NOAA / National Weather Service / Climatic Data Center:
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/prelim/drought/palmer.html

NOAA / National Weather Service / Climatic Data Center:
http://www.txwin.net/monitoring/meteorological/drought/pdsi.htm

National Drought Monitor
http://drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html

 

 

 OTHER HAZARD INFO

 

NOAA / Drought Information Center
www.drought.noaa.gov/index.html

Texas A & M University / Texas Interagency Coordinating Center
www.tamu.edu/ticc

Disaster Help / Drought
https://disasterhelp.gov/portal/jhtml/community.jhtml?community=Drought&index=0&id=72