Drought status for South Carolina counties
9/2/2022 12:26:05 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Relief, Response & Restrictions
AFFECTED AREAS:
Abbeville County, SC
Anderson County, SC
Cherokee County, SC
Chester County, SC
Edgefield County, SC
Fairfield County, SC
Greenville County, SC
Greenwood County, SC
Lancaster County, SC
Laurens County, SC
McCormick County, SC
Newberry County, SC
Oconee County, SC
Pickens County, SC
Saluda County, SC
Spartanburg County, SC
Union County, SC
York County, SC
Start Date: 9/1/2022
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Above normal rainfall led the S.C. Drought Response Committee to ease the drought status for 10 counties on the coastal plain of South Carolina. Fourteen counties are still in incipient drought. Lancaster was upgraded to incipient and three counties -- Chester, Union and York -- were upgraded to moderate. As designated by the South Carolina Drought Response Act, incipient is the first level of drought followed by moderate, severe and extreme.
The decision to upgrade York, Chester and Union counties was primarily based on very low rainfall totals over the past 60 days. Cotton from these counties will not be harvested.
Orangeburg Times and Democrat (S.C.), Sept 1, 2022
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