Map Archives
January 6, 2026
- D0 - Abnormally Dry
- D1 - Moderate Drought
- D2 - Severe Drought
- D3 - Extreme Drought
- D4 - Exceptional Drought
Drought Classifications
S - Short-Term impacts, typically less than 6 months (e.g. agriculture, grasslands)
L - Long-Term impacts, typically greater than 6 months (e.g. hydrology, ecology)
D2
- Alamance
- Buncombe
- Cabarrus
- Caswell
- Chatham
- Cherokee
- Clay
- Davidson
- Davie
- Durham
- Forsyth
- Graham
- Granville
- Guilford
- Haywood
- Henderson
- Iredell
- Jackson
- Macon
- Orange
- Person
- Polk
- Randolph
- Rockingham
- Rowan
- Stanly
- Stokes
- Swain
- Transylvania
- Union
- Vance
- Yadkin
Total: 32
D1
- Alexander
- Alleghany
- Anson
- Ashe
- Avery
- Beaufort
- Bertie
- Bladen
- Burke
- Caldwell
- Catawba
- Cleveland
- Craven
- Cumberland
- Duplin
- Edgecombe
- Franklin
- Gaston
- Greene
- Halifax
- Harnett
- Hertford
- Hoke
- Johnston
- Jones
- Lee
- Lenoir
- Lincoln
- Madison
- Martin
- McDowell
- Mecklenburg
- Mitchell
- Montgomery
- Moore
- Nash
- New Hanover
- Northampton
- Pender
- Pitt
- Richmond
- Robeson
- Rutherford
- Sampson
- Scotland
- Surry
- Wake
- Warren
- Watauga
- Wayne
- Wilkes
- Wilson
- Yancey
Total: 53
D0
- Brunswick
- Camden
- Carteret
- Chowan
- Columbus
- Currituck
- Dare
- Gates
- Hyde
- Onslow
- Pamlico
- Pasquotank
- Perquimans
- Tyrrell
- Washington
Total: 15