South Carolina Current Drought Status
S.C. Drought Response Committee Meeting, February 19, 2009
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will convene the next South Carolina Drought Response Committee meeting on February 19, 2009. The meeting be held at the South Carolina Forestry Commission Headquarters building at 5500 Broad River Road in Columbia, South Carolina.
The purpose of the drought meeting is to evaluate the early winter rain's impact on the drought status. The committee will review climatic data, streamflow and lake level data, and drought impacts.
If you have any questions, please contact Hope Mizzell at 803-734-9568 or email her at mizzellh@dnr.sc.gov.
Extreme Drought Continues for 9 Western South Carolina Counties.
For previously issued drought statements see the archived status reports.
Table of all counties and drought status.
Drought Response Committee Meeting Sign-In sheet.
Discussion:
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources convened the last S.C. Drought Response Committee on Oct. 28, 2008 in Columbia and nine Upstate counties still remain in extreme drought. Ten counties were maintained at severe and three remain at moderate status. Recent rains prompted the Drought Response Committee to remove the drought declaration for five counties: Beaufort, Chesterfield, Darlington, Hampton and Jasper. Eleven counties remained at no drought status.
The counties remaining in the extreme category are: Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Abbeville, Laurens, Greenwood and McCormick counties. For more information about drought and to see a drought status by county map, visit the Office of State Climatology drought Website at: www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/Drought/drought_current_info.php.
DNR protects and manages South Carolina's natural resources by making wise and balanced decisions for the benefit of the state's natural resources and its people. Find out more about DNR at www.dnr.sc.gov. For more drought information contact State Climatologist Hope Mizzell in Columbia at (803) 734-9568 or e-mail MizzellH@dnr.sc.gov.
Drought Status Table
| Current Drought Status by County |
|---|
| Normal |
Incipient |
Moderate |
Severe |
Extreme |
County
Status |
County
Status |
County
Status |
County
Status |
County
Status |
|---|
ABBEVILLE
Extreme |
AIKEN
Moderate |
ALLENDALE
Incipient |
ANDERSON
Extreme |
BAMBERG
Incipient |
BARNWELL
Incipient |
BEAUFORT
Normal |
BERKELEY
Normal |
CALHOUN
Incipient |
CHARLESTON
Normal |
CHEROKEE
Severe |
CHESTER
Severe |
CHESTERFIELD
Normal |
CLARENDON
Incipient |
COLLETON
Normal |
DARLINGTON
Normal |
DILLON
Normal |
DORCHESTER
Normal |
EDGEFIELD
Severe |
FAIRFIELD
Severe |
FLORENCE
Normal |
GEORGETOWN
Normal |
GREENVILLE
Extreme |
GREENWOOD
Extreme |
HAMPTON
Normal |
HORRY
Normal |
JASPER
Normal |
KERSHAW
Severe |
LANCASTER
Severe |
LAURENS
Extreme |
LEE
Incipient |
LEXINGTON
Moderate |
MARION
Normal |
MARLBORO
Normal |
MCCORMICK
Extreme |
NEWBERRY
Severe |
OCONEE
Extreme |
ORANGEBURG
Incipient |
PICKENS
Extreme |
RICHLAND
Moderate |
SALUDA
Severe |
SPARTANBURG
Extreme |
SUMTER
Incipient |
UNION
Severe |
WILLIAMSBURG
Normal |
YORK
Severe |
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Sign-In Sheet
SC Drought Response Committee Meeting, January 15, 2009
Sign-In sheet |
|---|
| Name & Agency | Name & Agency |
|---|
Scott Willett - Anderson Regional Water
Darrell Jones - SCFC
Doug Young - Chickasaw Point Property Owners Assoc
Francis Turbolino - EMD
George Gallegar - Duke Energy
Bill Payne - Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Vernon Osteen - Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
John Rivers - Drought Committee
Warren Harris - Drought Committee
Joe Johnson - Drought Committee
David Baize - SCDHEC
John Westcott - Drought Committee
Chris Bickley - Drought Committee
Dean Moss - Drought Committee
Hope Mizzell - DNR
Steven J. de Kozlowski - SCDNR
Bill Taylor - Drought Committee
Jim Wilkowski - Drought Committee
|
David Tompkins - Dept. of Ag
Steve Hammond - Drought Committee
Mike Caston - Drought Committee
Brad Powers - Drought Committee
Dennis Chastain - Drought Committee
Sarah Ellisor - USGS
Mike Hancock - Drought Committee
Mitch Turner - SJWD
Masaaki Kiuchi - SCDNR
Leonard Vaughen - NWS
Elbert Warren - Drought Committee
Bob Frisina - Office of the Governor
Kirsten Lackstrom - University of South Carolina
Stuart Ames - Drought Committee
Athena Strickland - Pee Dee River Coalition
Marion Rizer - Colleton Soil & Water District
Stan Simpson - US Corps of Engineers
Evelyn Johnson - SCDNR
Brett Witt - SCDNR
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Find out more about the State Climatology Office at http://www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/ or by calling (803) 734-9100.
