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ADVENTURES IN DROUGHT

Explore Kentucky's historical droughts from the 1800s to the 1980s, including devastating impacts on agriculture and forests. Join Glen Conner, Kentucky State Climatologist Emeritus, on a journey through the state's driest years and learn about the efforts to monitor and manage water resources. Discover the challenges faced by Kentuckians during severe drought periods and the initiatives taken to mitigate their effects. This presentation, given at the Eleventh Biennial U.S. Drought Monitor Forum in September 2019, sheds light on the resilience of Kentucky communities in the face of water scarcity.

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ADVENTURES IN DROUGHT

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  1. ADVENTURES IN DROUGHT Glen Conner Kentucky State Climatologist Emeritus Eleventh Biennial U.S. Drought Monitor Forum 18 September 2019

  2. Historic Droughts • 1831 May to September • 1838 Driest year before 1930 • 1854 July to late fall • 1881 Summer heat Louisville 105˚, Bowling Green 110˚ • 1894 July through summer, 15,000 acres of corn killed • 1901 Late June - July, Paducah 33 Consecutive Days >100, Bowling Green 109˚ • 1904 July through November, Reservoirs very low

  3. Lillie G CauseyBowling green observer 1903 - 1944

  4. White Snakeroot

  5. Dr Anna Pierce Hobbs Bixby

  6. Governor John Young Brown JrFirst Lady Phyliss George

  7. Drought of 1980 • Began in late summer • $375 million agriculture losses • Forest fires burned 26,000 acres

  8. CYNTHIANA, KENTUCKY1983

  9. Licking River

  10. BIG BONE LICK

  11. BEAVER LICK

  12. Kentucky Drought Monitoring Task ForceDecember 1987 • Army Corps of Engineers, • Reservoir Control Center • City of Bardstown • Kentucky Dept Military Affairs • Disaster and Emergency Services • Kentucky Division of Water • Drinking Water • Water Quantity • Water Quality Management • Water Resources • Water Use and Availability • Kentucky State Climatologist • National Weather Service • Ohio River Basin Commission • University of Kentucky • Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute • Agriculture Weather Center • U.S. Geological Survey • Ground Water • Stream Flow • TVA Water Management Program

  13. crofton Reservoir

  14. histories of Weather Observations

  15. san luisrey mission

  16. CHARLES HATFIELD

  17. HATFIELD'S TOWER

  18. TWO DAYS LATER

  19. TEN DAYS LATER

  20. ADVENTURES IN DROUGHT Glen Conner Kentucky State Climatologist Emeritus Eleventh Biennial U.S. Drought Monitor Forum 18 September 2019

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