Drought in Guadalupe, Texas

While nearly all of South-Central Texas had less than 50% of normal precipitation this month, drought conditions were mostly unchanged. Only in Val Verde County did drought conditions worsen. They went from Moderate (D1) Drought to Severe (D2) Drought. All of the other counties remained the same as February. Dimmit remained in Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, De Witt, Fayette, Frio, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Karnes, Lavaca, Lee, Maverick, Medina, Travis, Wilson, and Zavala stayed in Extreme (D3) Drought. Blanco, Kendall, Kinney, and Williamson remained in D2. The Edwards Aquifer level dropped 1.5 feet and was 41.1 feet below normal. Area reservoirs were below normal conservation levels. Lake Travis dropped 1.8 feet and was 17.0 feet below normal.

Canyon Lake dropped 0.8 feet and was 22.3 feet below normal. Lake Amistad dropped 1.7 feet and was 68.9 feet below normal. Medina Lake dropped 0.8 feet and was 87.9 feet below normal.

The 7-day average streamflow was much below (<10%) normal on the Lavaca, Blanco, San Marcos, lower Guadalupe, and Atascosa Rivers; below (10%-24%) normal on the Medina, upper Colorado, San Antonio, and Frio Rivers; blow to much below normal on the San Gabriel and upper Guadalupe Rivers; and below normal to normal on the lower Nueces and Frio Rivers. Most water providers encouraged conservation while San Antonio and Universal City imposed stage 3 restrictions and New Braunfels and Austin had stage 2. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought, Atascosa, Bastrop, Blanco, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, De Witt, Dimmit, Fayette, Frio, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Karnes, Lee, Medina, Travis, Williamson, Wilson, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month.