Drought, Atascosa
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 28.894, -98.527 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Most of South Central Texas received less than 50% of normal precipitation during July, August, and September, and a large part of the region had less than 25%. This resulted in drought conditions setting in. Atascosa, Bexar, De Witt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Karnes, Kendall, Lee, Medina, Travis, Uvalde, and Val Verde Counties went into Severe (D2) drought. Comal, Frio, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Williamson, and Wilson Counties went into Extreme (D3) drought. Zavala County remained in D2 and Dimmit County in D3. Stage 2 water restrictions were instituted in parts of Guadalupe and Hays Counties. Stage 1 restrictions were in place in Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Karnes, Kendall, Llano, Medina, Travis, Uvalde, and Williamson Counties and voluntary restrictions were encouraged in Bastrop, Dimmit, Gonzales, Lee, Val Verde, Wilson, and Zavala. Burn bans were in place in all of the affected counties except Williamson and Uvalde. Texas A&M Agrilife reported rangelands were dry with very short soil moisture levels. Livestock were in fair condition and supplemental feeding continued. Lake Amistad was 32.2 feet below Conservation Pool Level.