Is Indiana in a drought?
This week's U.S. Drought Monitor for Indiana, and the category in each of its 92 counties, from the National Drought Mitigation Center.
No: 0% of Indiana is in drought (D1 to D4).
18.8% is at least abnormally dry (D0 to D4), 0% in severe drought or worse (D2 to D4), 0% extreme or worse (D3 to D4) and 0% in D4 Exceptional Drought.
Next map: released Thursday 22 October 2026.
On the map valid 13 October 2026, 0 of 92 counties had some drought (D1 or worse); 27 more were abnormally dry (D0) only.
Every county, map valid 13 October 2026
The category is the most severe one covering any part of the county; the share says how much of it. "Weeks" counts the weekly maps in a row with that category or worse somewhere in it.
| County | Category this week | Share in it | In drought (D1–D4) | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | None | 0% | 26 weeks | |
| Allen County | None | 0% | 10 weeks | |
| Bartholomew County | None | 0% | 32 weeks | |
| Benton County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Blackford County | None | 0% | 25 weeks | |
| Boone County | None | 0% | 26 weeks | |
| Brown County | None | 0% | 32 weeks | |
| Carroll County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Cass County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Clark County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 99.01% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| Clay County | None | 0% | 9 weeks | |
| Clinton County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Crawford County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 59.03% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| Daviess County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 64.8% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| Dearborn County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 25.67% | 0% | 2 weeks |
| Decatur County | None | 0% | 51 weeks | |
| DeKalb County | None | 0% | 10 weeks | |
| Delaware County | None | 0% | 25 weeks | |
| Dubois County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 38.73% | 0% | 1 week |
| Elkhart County | None | 0% | 31 weeks | |
| Fayette County | None | 0% | 32 weeks | |
| Floyd County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| Fountain County | None | 0% | 18 weeks | |
| Franklin County | None | 0% | 50 weeks | |
| Fulton County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Gibson County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 4 weeks |
| Grant County | None | 0% | 25 weeks | |
| Greene County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 25.53% | 0% | 5 weeks |
| Hamilton County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Hancock County | None | 0% | 28 weeks | |
| Harrison County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| Hendricks County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Henry County | None | 0% | 25 weeks | |
| Howard County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Huntington County | None | 0% | 10 weeks | |
| Jackson County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 1.48% | 0% | 1 week |
| Jasper County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Jay County | None | 0% | 25 weeks | |
| Jefferson County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 2 weeks |
| Jennings County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 24.89% | 0% | 1 week |
| Johnson County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Knox County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 4 weeks |
| Kosciusko County | None | 0% | 10 weeks | |
| LaGrange County | None | 0% | 31 weeks | |
| Lake County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| LaPorte County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Lawrence County | None | 0% | 9 weeks | |
| Madison County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Marion County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Marshall County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Martin County | None | 0% | 9 weeks | |
| Miami County | None | 0% | 26 weeks | |
| Monroe County | None | 0% | 9 weeks | |
| Montgomery County | None | 0% | 18 weeks | |
| Morgan County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Newton County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Noble County | None | 0% | 10 weeks | |
| Ohio County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 2 weeks |
| Orange County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 1.41% | 0% | 1 week |
| Owen County | None | 0% | 9 weeks | |
| Parke County | None | 0% | 28 weeks | |
| Perry County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 87.44% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| Pike County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| Porter County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Posey County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 4 weeks |
| Pulaski County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Putnam County | None | 0% | 28 weeks | |
| Randolph County | None | 0% | 25 weeks | |
| Ripley County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 34% | 0% | 1 week |
| Rush County | None | 0% | 32 weeks | |
| Scott County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 99.99% | 0% | 1 week |
| Shelby County | None | 0% | 40 weeks | |
| Spencer County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| St. Joseph County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Starke County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Steuben County | None | 0% | 30 weeks | |
| Sullivan County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 90.69% | 0% | 6 weeks |
| Switzerland County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 2 weeks |
| Tippecanoe County | None | 0% | 18 weeks | |
| Tipton County | None | 0% | 11 weeks | |
| Union County | None | 0% | 49 weeks | |
| Vanderburgh County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| Vermillion County | None | 0% | 18 weeks | |
| Vigo County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 1.01% | 0% | 1 week |
| Wabash County | None | 0% | 10 weeks | |
| Warren County | None | 0% | 18 weeks | |
| Warrick County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| Washington County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 44.28% | 0% | 3 weeks |
| Wayne County | None | 0% | 28 weeks | |
| Wells County | None | 0% | 26 weeks | |
| White County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Whitley County | None | 0% | 10 weeks |
Natural disaster risk in Indiana by county · Drought in every state
The categories
| Category | Name |
|---|---|
| D0 | Abnormally Dry (not drought: going into or coming out of drought) |
| D1 | Moderate Drought |
| D2 | Severe Drought |
| D3 | Extreme Drought |
| D4 | Exceptional Drought |
What each category means on the ground is described on the Drought Monitor's classification page.
How this page reads the Drought Monitor
- The figures are the U.S. Drought Monitor's own statistics (share of area in each category), read from its data service. The categories are theirs, unchanged. This site does not make its own drought assessment.
- The Drought Monitor gives each county a share in each category. A county's category here is the most severe one covering any part of it, with the share it covers. "Weeks" counts the weekly maps in a row, newest first, on which some of the county was at that category or worse.
- A new map is released every Thursday, valid for the Tuesday before. Every figure here carries that valid date. This site reads the new week once, after the Thursday release, and keeps it.
- Counties are matched to the Drought Monitor by their five-digit FIPS code. Connecticut is shown by its nine planning regions, which replaced its eight counties in 2022; the Drought Monitor's county statistics use the same planning regions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC.
Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, droughtmonitor.unl.edu · The official map for Indiana · Drought Monitor data tables · drought.gov current conditions · NOAA seasonal drought outlook
Questions
Is Indiana in a drought right now?
On the U.S. Drought Monitor valid 13 October 2026, 0% of Indiana is in drought (D1 to D4) and 18.8% is at least abnormally dry (D0 to D4).
How is a county's category chosen on this page?
The U.S. Drought Monitor gives the share of each county in each category. This page names the most severe category covering any part of the county, and always says how much of the county it covers.