Some Central Texas crops stressed, burn bans common
7/29/2016 7:45:39 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
AFFECTED AREAS:
Bell County, TX
Bosque County, TX
Comanche County, TX
Coryell County, TX
Eastland County, TX
Ellis County, TX
Erath County, TX
Falls County, TX
Freestone County, TX
Hamilton County, TX
Hill County, TX
Hood County, TX
Johnson County, TX
Leon County, TX
Limestone County, TX
McLennan County, TX
Milam County, TX
Navarro County, TX
Robertson County, TX
Somervell County, TX
Williamson County, TX
Start Date: 7/27/2016
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Pastures, dryland Bermuda grass meadows and cotton showed drought stress in Central Texas. Many counties adopted burn bans, due to the hot, dry weather increasing the fire danger.
North Texas e-News (Fannin, Texas), July 27, 2016
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