Drought, Bandera
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Bandera forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 29.747, -99.246 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Nearly all of South Central Texas had less than normal rainfall during October. Much of the northwestern part of the area had less than 50% of normal. This put Bandera, Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Edwards, Fayette, Lavaca, and Real Counties into Severe Drought (D2) and Uvalde and Zavala Counties into Extreme Drought (D3). De Witt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Karnes, Kendall, Lee, Travis, and Val Verde remained in D2 and Kinney, Llano, and Maverick in D3. There was enough rain in Comal, Dimmit, Frio, Williamson, and Wilson Counties to improve conditions from D3 to D2. Burn bans were in effect for all of the counties in D2 or worse drought except Uvalde, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, De Witt, Lavaca, Williamson, Bastrop, Lee, and Burnet. Lake Amistad was at 50% of conservation storage and Lake Georgetown was at 65%. The Llano, Pedernales, Upper Colorado, San Gabriel, Nueces, Frio, and Navidad Rivers had below normal streamflow and the Atascosa River had a new record low streamflow. Larger Public Water Systems in Bandera, Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Dimmit, Fayette, Gonzales, Hays, Karnes, Kendall, Llano, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Williamson, Wilson, and Zavala Counties were in Voluntary or Stage 1 water restrictions. Systems in Guadalupe and Real Counties were in Stage 2 and some smaller Public Water Systems across the region were in Stage 2 or Stage 3. The Texas A&M AgriLife Texas Crop and Weather Report stated Ranchers around the district were still culling herds due to drought conditions despite some improvement. Cattle market prices were low due to the high numbers of livestock for sale. The district in this case includes Maverick, Zavala, Dimmit, and Frio Counties.