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U.S. Drought Exposure Monitor

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USDA NASS USDA RMA U.S. Drought Monitor NOAA CPC

A county-level, 3D view of where active drought meets the most planted acreage across U.S. row crops — each county rises by its planted acres and is colored by current drought severity. Combines USDA NASS planted acres, the U.S. Drought Monitor, and NOAA's CPC outlook into one map and watch list, with federal crop-insurance data as per-county context. Refreshes weekly.

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3D relief map of the United States — each county rises by its planted acres and is colored by current drought severity, with the Midwest standing tallest.
3D — each county's height is its planted acres, colored by current drought severity.
Scatter chart with one bubble per county, sized by planted acres and plotted against drought severity 0–5. The watch list ranks counties by drought-weighted planted acres.
The watch list ranks counties by drought-weighted planted acres — drought severity times the acreage in its path.
County-level map of the contiguous United States shaded by U.S. Drought Monitor severity for August 2012, when deep drought covered most of the central and western states. A timeline scrubber set to Aug 2012 sits below the map.
Drought severity since 2000 — a play button animates the monthly record. Shown: the 2012 drought at its August peak.

Civic Value Atlas

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Census SEDA CDC Opportunity Atlas

A national, county-level map of how every U.S. county is doing on the outcomes people care about — schools, health, public safety, and economic mobility. Weight the topics that matter to you and the map recolors in real time, then switch to Performance vs. Expectations to see which counties beat, or fall short of, what their circumstances and spending would predict. Built entirely on public data.

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Civic Value Atlas in its Performance vs. Expectations view — U.S. counties shaded rust to teal by whether they do worse or better than expected, with Johnson County, Kansas selected and its outcome and spending breakdown shown in the side panels.
Weight the outcomes you care about; the map recolors live across all 3,000+ U.S. counties.

Field Risk Atlas

Live · May 2026 snapshot
DWR USDA U.S. Drought Monitor ASFMRA

A water-risk framework for California agricultural land. Scores every farmable parcel in nine San Joaquin Valley and Sonoma counties on water risk, built from public data — basin status under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), water-district reliability, dominant crop type, local well depth, and drought exposure. Output is a 0–100 score and a five-band classification anyone can audit. Search by APN or browse the map.

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Field Risk Atlas — nine California counties from Sonoma through the San Joaquin Valley, with agricultural parcels colored by water-risk band. A Tulare County pistachio parcel is selected, opening a side panel that reports a Severe risk band along with subbasin, GSP status, water-tier reliability, crop class, well depth, and 52-week drought exposure.
Click any parcel to see why — subbasin, GSP status, water tier, well depth, and drought exposure resolve into a single risk band across ~375,000 farmable parcels in nine California counties.