Counties with the worst droughts in West Virginia
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- Abnormally dry: 78.3%
- Area in drought: 21.3% (#36 nationally)
--- Moderate drought: 21.3%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 21.3% (#36 nationally)
--- Moderate drought: 21.3%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
West Virginia statistics
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Putnam County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Mason County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 93.0%
--- Severe drought: 7.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 93.0%
--- Severe drought: 7.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Hampshire County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 91.0%
--- Severe drought: 9.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 91.0%
--- Severe drought: 9.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Hardy County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 89.5%
--- Severe drought: 10.5%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 89.5%
--- Severe drought: 10.5%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Pendleton County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 89.0%
--- Severe drought: 10.9%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 89.0%
--- Severe drought: 10.9%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Morgan County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 50.6%
--- Severe drought: 49.4%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 50.6%
--- Severe drought: 49.4%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Wood County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 30.4%
--- Severe drought: 69.6%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 30.4%
--- Severe drought: 69.6%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Jackson County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 27.3%
--- Severe drought: 72.7%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 27.3%
--- Severe drought: 72.7%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Jefferson County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 14.1%
--- Severe drought: 85.9%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 14.1%
--- Severe drought: 85.9%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Berkeley County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 1.2%
--- Severe drought: 98.8%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 1.2%
--- Severe drought: 98.8%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Hancock County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Wirt County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Wetzel County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Upshur County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Pleasants County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Lewis County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 7.4%
--- Severe drought: 92.3%
--- Extreme drought: 0.3%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 7.4%
--- Severe drought: 92.3%
--- Extreme drought: 0.3%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Randolph County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 98.7%
--- Extreme drought: 1.3%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 98.7%
--- Extreme drought: 1.3%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Tyler County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 46.5%
--- Severe drought: 46.0%
--- Extreme drought: 7.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 46.5%
--- Severe drought: 46.0%
--- Extreme drought: 7.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Clay County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 92.1%
--- Extreme drought: 7.9%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 92.1%
--- Extreme drought: 7.9%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Monongalia County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 91.5%
--- Extreme drought: 8.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 91.5%
--- Extreme drought: 8.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Ritchie County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 89.5%
--- Extreme drought: 10.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 89.5%
--- Extreme drought: 10.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Gilmer County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 20.9%
--- Severe drought: 60.6%
--- Extreme drought: 18.4%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 20.9%
--- Severe drought: 60.6%
--- Extreme drought: 18.4%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Grant County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 79.5%
--- Extreme drought: 20.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 79.5%
--- Extreme drought: 20.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Marshall County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 75.3%
--- Extreme drought: 24.7%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 75.3%
--- Extreme drought: 24.7%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Roane County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 8.7%
--- Severe drought: 64.0%
--- Extreme drought: 27.3%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 8.7%
--- Severe drought: 64.0%
--- Extreme drought: 27.3%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Mineral County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 67.8%
--- Extreme drought: 32.2%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 67.8%
--- Extreme drought: 32.2%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Marion County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 46.5%
--- Extreme drought: 53.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 46.5%
--- Extreme drought: 53.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Tucker County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 44.5%
--- Extreme drought: 55.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 44.5%
--- Extreme drought: 55.5%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Barbour County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 41.7%
--- Extreme drought: 58.3%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 41.7%
--- Extreme drought: 58.3%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Calhoun County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 35.7%
--- Extreme drought: 64.3%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 35.7%
--- Extreme drought: 64.3%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Brooke County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 33.7%
--- Extreme drought: 66.3%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 33.7%
--- Extreme drought: 66.3%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Braxton County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 32.3%
--- Extreme drought: 67.7%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 32.3%
--- Extreme drought: 67.7%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Preston County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 25.4%
--- Extreme drought: 74.6%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 25.4%
--- Extreme drought: 74.6%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Doddridge County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 10.9%
--- Extreme drought: 89.1%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 10.9%
--- Extreme drought: 89.1%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Harrison County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 2.0%
--- Extreme drought: 98.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 2.0%
--- Extreme drought: 98.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Ohio County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 100.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 100.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 49 states.
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