Why does this map matter? Because it’s not just about dry lawns — it affects real lives. The USDA uses the Drought Monitor to ...

Polk County's average drought index reading surpassed 500 on Tuesday, indicating an elevated chance of wildfires.

Unincorporated areas of Polk County, along with other cities within the county, are now under a burn ban as dry conditions ...

Orange County has implemented a burn ban due to drought, affecting certain areas and prohibiting unpermitted outdoor burning, ...

Officials enacted the ban on Tuesday (April 15) after the county's drought scale, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI), ...

April 15, Lee County enacted a burn ban for unincorporated Lee and municipalities due to increasingly dry conditions ...