Event Details
Disaster Type
Drought
Start Date
March 1, 2011
End Date
Aug. 31, 2011
Cost
$1.99B
Deaths
15
Affected States
Affected States
Unaffected States
Description
Drought and heat wave conditions created major impacts across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Kansas, and western Louisiana. In Texas and Oklahoma, a majority of range and pastures were classified in "very poor" condition for much of the 2011 crop growing season.