Archived Publications

U.S. Drought Monitor

• What is the USDM?
• Five Facts about the USDM
• Drought Severity and Coverage Index
• Drought Information Services for U.S. Agriculture
• Disaster Assistance
• USDM Network
• Who Uses the USDM

Drought Scenario Planning Case Studies

• North Platte 2017
• Republican River 2022
• Cedar Rapids 2016
• North Platte 2016
• Kansas 2016
• Texas 2017
• Lincoln 2018
• Alaska 2022
• Alabama 2023

Guidance for state drought assessment teams

• Overview, contents, methodology and acknowledgements
• Making the U.S. Drought Monitor
• Providing input to the U.S. Drought Monitor
• Information about nine western states

Other Tools

• Composite Drought Indicator
• Composite Drought Indicator
• Grassland Productivity Forecast
• Condition Monitoring Observer Reports
• Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch
• Visual Drought Atlas
• Vegetation Drought Response Index
• Quick Drought Response Index
• Forest Drought Response Index
• Drought Risk Atlas

Decision Calendars

• Midwest Apples
• Midwest Grapes
• Wisconsin Potatoes
• Wisconsin Cranberries

Specialty Crop Drought Monitoring

• Cranberries
• Annual Veggies
• Perennial Fruit

• 2024 Annual Report
• 2023 Annual Report
• 2022 Annual Report
• 2021 Annual Report
• 2020 Annual Report

• 2019 Annual Report
• 2018 Annual Report
• 2017 Annual Report
• 2016 Annual Report

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

• Game Overview.pdf
• 1_Instructions and Checklist.pdf
• 2_Script and Instructions.pdf
• 3_Resource cards.zip
• 4_Sectors.pdf

• 5_Sector Descriptions.pdf
• 6_Communities.pdf
• 7_Rule Sheets.pdf
• 8_Resource Descriptions.pdf
• 9_Challenge Boards.pdf

• 10_Role Descriptions.pdf
• 11_Community Descriptions.pdf
• 12_Missouri River Basin info.pptx
• 13_Drought.pptx
• 14_Score Board.pptx

• 1_Drought Game Rules_Editable.docx
• 1_Drought Game Rules.pdf
• 2_Drought Game Definitions_Editable.docx
• 2_Drought Game Definitions.pdf

• 3_Game Board_Paper 8.5x11.pdf
• 3_Game Board_Paper 36x18.pdf
• 4_Game Pieces_Editable.pptx
• 4_Game Pieces_Paper 8.5x11.pdf

• 4_Game Pieces_Paper 17x11.pdf
• 5_Money_Paper 8.5x11.pdf
• 5_Money_Paper 17x11.pdf