🌵 HOOD COUNTY DROUGHT & BURN BAN CHECK
Drought: No part of Hood County is in drought on the U.S. Drought Monitor map dated Nov. 3. All of the county (100.0%) is rated abnormally dry (D0), the category below drought.
The Oct. 27 map also showed no drought in Hood County; 62.7% was in moderate drought (D1) on the Oct. 20 map.
Among the neighboring counties, only Johnson County has drought: 57.4% in moderate drought (D1).
(U.S. Drought Monitor map dated Nov. 3, compared with the Oct. 27 map. A new map comes out each Thursday.)
Burn bans (checked 9:45 a.m. CT): No burn ban in Hood County, per the Texas A&M Forest Service and the Hood County Fire Marshal’s page.
Neighbors under a burn ban: Palo Pinto, Parker and Somervell. No ban: Erath and Johnson. Statewide, 129 counties have bans (TFS list, 8:53 a.m. CT today).
Lake Granbury: 690.75 ft on Nov. 5, 1.95 ft below the 692.70 ft conservation pool and 88.5% full (Texas Water Development Board).
Sources:
U.S. Drought Monitor: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?TX
Texas A&M Forest Service: https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/TexasBurnBans/
Hood County Fire Marshal: https://www.hoodcounty.texas.gov/departments/fire_marshal/controlled_burning.php
Texas Water Development Board: https://www.waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/individual/granbury
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