NDMC Photo Gallery

Taken in January 2006 at Beaver Lake in Carroll County, Arkansas.

George H. Sparks Reservoir at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs, Georgia (suburb of Atlanta), during the last week of September 2007. The reservoir serves East Point, Georgia.

Boysen Reservoir July 31, 2002, ~217,000 ac-ft (mean = 635,820).

Corn field, west central Missouri (east of Kansas City), August 2006.

Pasture conditions in Frontier County, just outside of Stockville, November 28, 2002.

Cimarron County, June 2008.

The boat ramp leading into Barr Lake is also stranded quite a distance from the lake due to drought conditions. October 2002.

Lake McConaughy July 27th, 2005.

Corn leaves curling because of drought and heat, northeast of Lincoln, June 2002.

A wetland in Morristown, Hamblen County, September 12, 2007; cracks are 12-15 inches deep.

Taken in January 2006 at Woolly Hollow State Park in Faulkner County, Arkansas.

Cracks in the soil, Harrison County, Iowa, measuring 15", August 2006.

This is what remains of Barr Lake along I-76 northeast of Denver. The wooden dock is stranded well away from the water. October 2002.

Lack of vegetation at Camp Roberts at the end of November 2007; the oaks are beginning to suffer.

Franklin, Tennessee, August 27, 2007. With less than a tenth of an inch of rain so far this month, and more than 14 days with high temperatures at or above 100°F, water in retention ponds has been decreasing to record levels. This one is nearly dry. Water restrictions are currently in effect.

Drought-stressed corn, near Williamsburg in Clermont County, August 16, 2007.

Drought-affected corn field near Crete, Saline County, July 23, 2002.

Drought damaged crops in Clinton County in August 2003.

This foundation rests about a half-mile southeast of the main townsite. This is in the lake bed, about 100 yards from the lake's eastern dike, which comes into view about halfway up the right side of this photo. The establishment of many grasses indicates that this area has been exposed for quite a while. Taken Feb 28th, 2004.

This pasture in southern Gentry County was last mowed in late June. Photo taken September 4, 2003.

Main channel of the Platte River at the border of Hamilton and Hall counties, east of Grand Island, October, 2006.

The Republican River in Hitchcock County is completely dry on July 25th, 2005.

Bureau of Reclamation-LC Region. Taken May 2004.

Dryland corn north of York, Nebraska, August 2006.

East Fork Lake, November 17, 2007. Drought’s effects are still apparent, although water levels have risen modestly in the past two months.

Elk River in upper Franklin County near Estill Springs, mid-November 2007.

A beached boat dock/pier that washed up on shore near the Rollingview campground at Falls Lake near the Wake County/Durham County border outside of Raleigh, November 22, 2007.

The lake's most recent decline has exposed the remains of the Lugert school building. Two stories of school space sat atop the cellar, which was built by the WPA in 1938. This foundation held Lugert's future on its shoulders for just a few years before disappearing under the waters of Lake Lugert-Altus. Taken Feb 28th, 2004.

Grasshopper infestation in a drought-stressed corn field east of Lincoln, June 2002.

Joshua Tree National Park. October 2003. Trees have been losing their leaves and branches, wilting and leaning, loosening their bark, and rodents strip bark all the way around.

Joshua Tree National Park. October 2003. In Anza Borrego, the largest state park in the US, large areas of cholla have turned black on their lower stems.

Joshua Tree National Park. October 2003. In Anza Borrego, the largest state park in the US, large numbers of mesquite have only partial leaf deployment, and many of these have died.

The gatehouse at Lake Calhoun, one of the City of Portsmouth’s reservoirs in Suffolk. Photo taken Oct. 29, 2007.

Lake Hartwell, February 2008, western South Carolina

Lake in Geneva Township, Van Buren County, Michigan. Photo taken April 2000.

Lake Moultrie, Berkeley County, November 27, 2007. The lake has a desert-like appearance from so much exposed sand. Boats are stuck in the sand, and trees are beginning to die along the shorelines.

Lake Moultrie in September 2000.

Lake Travis (Austin, Texas), July 2009.

Lower Lake Mary, Flagstaff Arizona, September 15th, 2004.

George H. Sparks Reservoir at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs, Georgia (suburb of Atlanta), during the last week of September 2007. The reservoir serves East Point, Georgia.

The Platte River near Roscoe, Nebraska, near the river discharge gauge, November 2004.

The Platte River has run out of water for the 2nd year in a row. This is the main channel in Grand Island, looking northeast. August 16, 2003.

The Platte River along I-80 and Nebraska Highway 281 near Grand Island, August 15, 2002.

The Republican River bed, south of Arapahoe is now covered with grasses and small shrubs. October, 2003.

Tinder-dry, extreme drought conditions in central California on September 3, 2007, fuel a fast-moving wildfire burning 1,200 acres in 8 hours, 4,000 acres in 24 hours, and 10,000 acres by the second day, south of San Jose. The building in the foreground is part of Silicon Valley off Highway 237. As of September 7, the fire has burned 27,640 acres and is 35% contained. Costs to date are estimated at $3.3 million. (Statistics from California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection [Lick Fire].)

Wind River at Riverton May 10, 2002 at 1200, 16 ft3/sec (mean = 764).