Travis County
100.0%County area in D1–D4 on Sep 22, 2026
+21.7 percentage points vs Aug 25, 2026
Near Lake Travis. County boundaries are not lake or watershed boundaries.
Open this county’s USDM data ↗Water / county context
Drought changes by county.
Explore the share of county area in drought near three lakes Public Atlas follows. These weekly map statistics add regional context to a lake reading; they do not measure lake storage or predict its next level.
How much county area is in D1 or worse?
D1 is moderate drought. The percentage below is the share of each county’s mapped area in D1 through D4 on the map dated Sep 22, 2026. It is an area share, not a probability for an address or a measure of residents affected.
Comal County
49.8%County area in D1–D4 on Sep 22, 2026
+49.8 percentage points vs Aug 25, 2026
Near Canyon Lake. County boundaries are not lake or watershed boundaries.
Open this county’s USDM data ↗Live Oak County
100.0%County area in D1–D4 on Sep 22, 2026
+14.1 percentage points vs Aug 25, 2026
Near Lake Corpus Christi. County boundaries are not lake or watershed boundaries.
Open this county’s USDM data ↗Recent weekly map history
Each value is cumulative: D2 includes land in D2, D3 and D4. A county can contain several drought categories at the same time. Changes below are differences in percentage points of county area.
| Map date | Travis County D1–D4 | Comal County D1–D4 | Live Oak County D1–D4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | 100.0% | 49.8% | 100.0% |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 78.3% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 78.3% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Aug 25, 2026 | 78.3% | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| Aug 18, 2026 | 78.3% | 0.0% | 41.5% |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 63.8% | 0.0% | 41.5% |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 63.8% | 0.0% | 41.5% |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 63.8% | 0.0% | 41.5% |
Why a lake can move differentlyReservoir levels also reflect rainfall across a watershed, releases, withdrawals and operation. The county percentages here describe mapped drought area and should not be used to explain a single week of lake-level movement.
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What is D0 versus D1?
D0 means abnormally dry and is not one of the four drought categories. D1 is moderate drought; D2, D3 and D4 indicate progressively greater intensity.
Does a county percentage describe my property?
No. The statistic covers the county’s mapped area. For a location-specific question, open the U.S. Drought Monitor map and its current local discussion.
How current is this page?
The latest stored map is dated Sep 22, 2026. The API snapshot was retrieved Sep 29, 2026 UTC. The map date, rather than retrieval time, determines the conditions shown. A failed update leaves this dated snapshot visible.
The U.S. Drought Monitor is produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with USDA, NOAA and NASA. Public Atlas calculates the four-week percentage-point differences from its published county statistics.