South Carolina Current Drought Status

State Climate Office                
NEWS RELEASE          DNR News 803-667-0696
April 13, 2012

South Carolina Drought Response Committee Conference Call

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will conduct a South Carolina Drought Response Committee Conference Call on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at 10:00 AM. The purpose of the drought conference call is to evaluate the drought status statewide. The committee will review climatic data, streamflow and lake level data, and drought impacts. Six Upstate counties (Oconee, Pickens, Anderson, Abbeville, McCormick and Edgefield) are in severe drought and the remaining counties in moderate drought.

Directions for calling into the conference are provided below:

Scheduled Conference Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Scheduled Start Time: 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Dial-in Number: 1-626-677-3000

Participant Access Code: 2697018

South Carolina Drought Map for March 9, 2012

For previously issued drought statements see the archived status reports.

Table of all counties and drought status.
Drought Response Committee Meeting Sign-In sheet.

Drought Status Table
Current Drought Status by County
Normal Incipient Moderate Severe Extreme
County
Status		 County
Status		 County
Status		 County
Status		 County
Status
ABBEVILLE
Severe		 AIKEN
Moderate		 ALLENDALE
Moderate		 ANDERSON
Severe		 BAMBERG
Moderate
BARNWELL
Moderate		 BEAUFORT
Moderate		 BERKELEY
Moderate		 CALHOUN
Moderate		 CHARLESTON
Moderate
CHEROKEE
Moderate		 CHESTER
Moderate		 CHESTERFIELD
Moderate		 CLARENDON
Moderate		 COLLETON
Moderate
DARLINGTON
Moderate		 DILLON
Moderate		 DORCHESTER
Moderate		 EDGEFIELD
Severe		 FAIRFIELD
Moderate
FLORENCE
Moderate		 GEORGETOWN
Moderate		 GREENVILLE
Moderate		 GREENWOOD
Moderate		 HAMPTON
Moderate
HORRY
Moderate		 JASPER
Moderate		 KERSHAW
Moderate		 LANCASTER
Moderate		 LAURENS
Moderate
LEE
Moderate		 LEXINGTON
Moderate		 MARION
Moderate		 MARLBORO
Moderate		 MCCORMICK
Severe
NEWBERRY
Moderate		 OCONEE
Severe		 ORANGEBURG
Moderate		 PICKENS
Severe		 RICHLAND
Moderate
SALUDA
Moderate		 SPARTANBURG
Moderate		 SUMTER
Moderate		 UNION
Moderate		 WILLIAMSBURG
Moderate
YORK
Moderate


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Find out more about the State Climatology Office at https://www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/ or by calling (803) 734-9100.