Current Drought Conditions for Arkansas - June 16, 2026
Arkansas Drought Report
As of June 16, 2026 approximately 87% (46,229 square miles) of Arkansas is under active drought conditions, with an additional 9% (4,711 square miles) classified as Abnormally Dry (D0).
Breaking down current drought conditions across Arkansas: 12.6% (6,690 sq mi) Moderate Drought (D1); 43.1% (22,906 sq mi) Severe Drought (D2); 25.6% (13,623 sq mi) Extreme Drought (D3); 5.7% (3,010 sq mi) Exceptional Drought (D4).
The interactive map below shows current Arkansas drought boundaries. Click any shaded area for its drought category, or browse conditions by city and town in the list below.
| Drought Category | Area (sq mi) | % of State | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abnormally Dry | 4,711 | 8.9% | 8.9% |
| Moderate Drought | 6,690 | 12.6% | 12.6% |
| Severe Drought | 22,906 | 43.1% | 43.1% |
| Extreme Drought | 13,623 | 25.6% | 25.6% |
| Exceptional Drought | 3,010 | 5.7% | 5.7% |
Arkansas Drought Conditions Map
Click on a drought area for its category. Use the legend icon (lower right) to view drought categories. Toggle additional layers with the icon in the upper right.
Drought boundary shapefiles sourced from the U.S. Drought Monitor GIS Data, produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, in partnership with the USDA and NOAA. Area and percentage calculations by PlantMaps.com.
Drought Conditions by City and Town in Arkansas
| Location | Drought Conditions |
|---|---|
| Adona | Extreme Drought |
| Alicia | Extreme Drought |
| Altheimer | Severe Drought |
| Altus | Moderate Drought |
| Atkins | Extreme Drought |
| Austin | Extreme Drought |
| Banks | Extreme Drought |
| Bearden | Severe Drought |
| Benton | Severe Drought |
| Berryville | Abnormally Dry |
| Bigelow | Extreme Drought |
| Biggers | Extreme Drought |
| Blevins | Severe Drought |
| Bluff City | Severe Drought |
| Bradford | Extreme Drought |
| Buckner | Moderate Drought |
| Caddo Valley | Severe Drought |
| Clinton | Severe Drought |
| Concord | Extreme Drought |
| Cushman | Extreme Drought |
| Denning | Moderate Drought |
| Dumas | Extreme Drought |
| Earle | Abnormally Dry |
| East End | Severe Drought |
| Elaine | Severe Drought |
| Emerson | Severe Drought |
| Emmet | Severe Drought |
| Fordyce | Severe Drought |
| Green Forest | Moderate Drought |
| Greers Ferry | Severe Drought |
| Gurdon | Severe Drought |
| Guy | Severe Drought |
| Hampton | Severe Drought |
| Hardy | Extreme Drought |
| Harrell | Severe Drought |
| Hartman | Severe Drought |
| Hazen | Severe Drought |
| Higginson | Extreme Drought |
| Houston | Extreme Drought |
| Humnoke | Severe Drought |
| Huntington | Abnormally Dry |
| Junction City | Severe Drought |
| Keo | Severe Drought |
| Kingsland | Severe Drought |
| Lonsdale | Severe Drought |
| Lynn | Extreme Drought |
| Magness | Extreme Drought |
| Marvell | Severe Drought |
| McRae | Extreme Drought |
| Monticello | Exceptional Drought |
| Moorefield | Extreme Drought |
| Natural Steps | Extreme Drought |
| Newark | Extreme Drought |
| Okolona | Severe Drought |
| Oppelo | Extreme Drought |
| Oxford | Extreme Drought |
| Pangburn | Extreme Drought |
| Patmos | Moderate Drought |
| Perla | Severe Drought |
| Perry | Extreme Drought |
| Portia | Extreme Drought |
| Prattsville | Severe Drought |
| Prescott | Severe Drought |
| Quitman | Severe Drought |
| Roland | Extreme Drought |
| Rondo | Severe Drought |
| Rose Bud | Severe Drought |
| Rosston | Moderate Drought |
| Salem | Severe Drought |
| Sheridan | Severe Drought |
| Shirley | Severe Drought |
| Sidney | Extreme Drought |
| South Lead Hill | Moderate Drought |
| Stephens | Moderate Drought |
| Strawberry | Extreme Drought |
| Sunset | Abnormally Dry |
| Taylor | Severe Drought |
| Thornton | Severe Drought |
| Tull | Severe Drought |
| Tumbling Shoals | Severe Drought |
| Tyronza | Moderate Drought |
| Ward | Extreme Drought |
| Watson | Exceptional Drought |
| Willisville | Moderate Drought |
| Wilmot | Extreme Drought |
| Winchester | Exceptional Drought |
| Woodson | Severe Drought |
| Wrightsville | Severe Drought |
| Morrilton | Extreme Drought |
| Rye | Exceptional Drought |
| Alexander | Severe Drought |
| Aubrey | Severe Drought |
| Bassett | Moderate Drought |
| Bauxite | Severe Drought |
| Blytheville | Extreme Drought |
| Branch | Moderate Drought |
| Brinkley | Moderate Drought |
| Bryant | Severe Drought |
| Burdette | Severe Drought |
| Cabot | Severe Drought |
| Calion | Severe Drought |
| Cammack Village | Severe Drought |
| Campbell Station | Extreme Drought |
| Caraway | Extreme Drought |
| Carthage | Severe Drought |
| Casa | Extreme Drought |
| Cherokee Village | Extreme Drought |
| Cherry Valley | Severe Drought |
| Chidester | Severe Drought |
| Cove | Abnormally Dry |
| Crawfordsville | Abnormally Dry |
| Crossett | Extreme Drought |
| Delight | Severe Drought |
| Dell | Severe Drought |
| Dermott | Exceptional Drought |
| Diamond City | Abnormally Dry |
| Donaldson | Severe Drought |
| East Camden | Severe Drought |
| Edmondson | Abnormally Dry |
| Etowah | Severe Drought |
| Eudora | Extreme Drought |
| Fairfield Bay | Severe Drought |
| Fisher | Extreme Drought |
| Fouke | Moderate Drought |
| Franklin | Extreme Drought |
| Friendship | Severe Drought |
| Gilmore | Moderate Drought |
| Greenway | Extreme Drought |
| Greenwood | Abnormally Dry |
| Griffithville | Extreme Drought |
| Haskell | Severe Drought |
| Hermitage | Exceptional Drought |
| Hope | Moderate Drought |
| Hoxie | Extreme Drought |
| Humphrey | Moderate Drought |
| Hunter | Moderate Drought |
| Imboden | Extreme Drought |
| Jacksonville | Severe Drought |
| Joiner | Moderate Drought |
| Keiser | Severe Drought |
| Knobel | Exceptional Drought |
| Knoxville | Severe Drought |
| Lake Hamilton | Severe Drought |
| Lake Village | Exceptional Drought |
| Leachville | Extreme Drought |
| Lead Hill | Moderate Drought |
| Leola | Severe Drought |
| Lexa | Moderate Drought |
| Louann | Severe Drought |
| Luxora | Severe Drought |
| Magnet Cove | Severe Drought |
| Marianna | Severe Drought |
| Marked Tree | Severe Drought |
| Marmaduke | Exceptional Drought |
| McAlmont | Severe Drought |
| McCrory | Severe Drought |
| McGehee | Exceptional Drought |
| McNeil | Moderate Drought |
| Midway | Severe Drought |
| Midway | Severe Drought |
| Mitchellville | Extreme Drought |
| Montrose | Exceptional Drought |
| Norphlet | Severe Drought |
| North Crossett | Extreme Drought |
| Oakhaven | Severe Drought |
| Ogden | Severe Drought |
| Perrytown | Moderate Drought |
| Piggott | Extreme Drought |
| Portland | Exceptional Drought |
| Poyen | Severe Drought |
| Ratcliff | Moderate Drought |
| Ravenden | Extreme Drought |
| Rector | Exceptional Drought |
| Redfield | Severe Drought |
| Rison | Severe Drought |
| Sedgwick | Extreme Drought |
| Shannon Hills | Severe Drought |
| Sherwood | Severe Drought |
| Smackover | Severe Drought |
| Sparkman | Severe Drought |
| Stamps | Moderate Drought |
| Staves | Severe Drought |
| Stuttgart | Moderate Drought |
| Success | Extreme Drought |
| Sulphur Rock | Extreme Drought |
| Sweet Home | Severe Drought |
| Swifton | Extreme Drought |
| Tillar | Exceptional Drought |
| Tollette | Severe Drought |
| Traskwood | Severe Drought |
| Ulm | Moderate Drought |
| Viola | Severe Drought |
| Waldo | Moderate Drought |
| Weiner | Extreme Drought |
| West Crossett | Extreme Drought |
| West Point | Extreme Drought |
| White Hall | Severe Drought |
| Wilson | Moderate Drought |
| Yarborough Landing | Severe Drought |
| Booneville | Moderate Drought |
| Reed | Exceptional Drought |
| Oak Grove Heights | Exceptional Drought |
| Horseshoe Bend | Extreme Drought |
| De Queen | Severe Drought |
| Maumelle | Severe Drought |
| Landmark | Severe Drought |
| Briarcliff | Severe Drought |
| Carlisle | Severe Drought |
| Amity | Severe Drought |
| Chester | Moderate Drought |
| Foreman | Severe Drought |
| Havana | Severe Drought |
| Hot Springs Village | Severe Drought |
| Jasper | Extreme Drought |
| Magazine | Moderate Drought |
| Mena | Abnormally Dry |
| Mountain Pine | Severe Drought |
| Oden | Abnormally Dry |
| Ozark | Moderate Drought |
| Paris | Moderate Drought |
| Perryville | Extreme Drought |
| Piney | Severe Drought |
| Scranton | Severe Drought |
| Alma | Abnormally Dry |
| Almyra | Moderate Drought |
| Alpena | Severe Drought |
| Antoine | Severe Drought |
| Arkadelphia | Severe Drought |
| Arkansas City | Exceptional Drought |
| Ash Flat | Extreme Drought |
| Ashdown | Severe Drought |
| Augusta | Extreme Drought |
| Bald Knob | Extreme Drought |
| Batesville | Extreme Drought |
| Bay | Extreme Drought |
| Bellefonte | Severe Drought |
| Belleville | Severe Drought |
| Ben Lomond | Severe Drought |
| Bergman | Severe Drought |
| Black Oak | Extreme Drought |
| Black Rock | Extreme Drought |
| Bodcaw | Moderate Drought |
| Bono | Extreme Drought |
| Bradley | Severe Drought |
| Brookland | Extreme Drought |
| Bull Shoals | Severe Drought |
| Calico Rock | Severe Drought |
| Camden | Severe Drought |
| Cash | Extreme Drought |
| Cave City | Extreme Drought |
| Cedarville | Abnormally Dry |
| Center Ridge | Severe Drought |
| Central City | Abnormally Dry |
| Charleston | Moderate Drought |
| Clarendon | Moderate Drought |
| Clarkedale | Abnormally Dry |
| Clarksville | Severe Drought |
| Coal Hill | Severe Drought |
| Conway | Extreme Drought |
| Corning | Exceptional Drought |
| Cotter | Severe Drought |
| Cotton Plant | Moderate Drought |
| Damascus | Severe Drought |
| De Valls Bluff | Moderate Drought |
| Dennard | Severe Drought |
| Des Arc | Severe Drought |
| Diaz | Extreme Drought |
| Dierks | Extreme Drought |
| Dyer | Abnormally Dry |
| El Dorado | Severe Drought |
| Elkins | Abnormally Dry |
| Salesville | Severe Drought |
| England | Severe Drought |
| Enola | Extreme Drought |
| Flippin | Severe Drought |
| Fountain Hill | Exceptional Drought |
| Garland | Moderate Drought |
| Gassville | Severe Drought |
| Gibson | Severe Drought |
| Gillett | Extreme Drought |
| Gillham | Moderate Drought |
| Glenwood | Severe Drought |
| Gosnell | Extreme Drought |
| Gould | Severe Drought |
| Grady | Severe Drought |
| Grannis | Moderate Drought |
| Greenbrier | Extreme Drought |
| Greenland | Abnormally Dry |
| Guion | Extreme Drought |
| Gum Springs | Severe Drought |
| Hamburg | Extreme Drought |
| Harrisburg | Severe Drought |
| Harrison | Severe Drought |
| Hatfield | Abnormally Dry |
| Haynes | Moderate Drought |
| Heber Springs | Severe Drought |
| Hector | Extreme Drought |
| Hickory Ridge | Severe Drought |
| Holland | Extreme Drought |
| Holly Grove | Moderate Drought |
| Horatio | Severe Drought |
| Hot Springs | Severe Drought |
| Huntsville | Abnormally Dry |
| Huttig | Extreme Drought |
| Jacksonport | Extreme Drought |
| Jonesboro | Extreme Drought |
| Judsonia | Extreme Drought |
| Kibler | Abnormally Dry |
| Kirby | Severe Drought |
| Lafe | Exceptional Drought |
| Lake City | Extreme Drought |
| Lakeview | Severe Drought |
| Lamar | Severe Drought |
| Lavaca | Abnormally Dry |
| Lepanto | Severe Drought |
| Leslie | Severe Drought |
| Lewisville | Moderate Drought |
| Lockesburg | Severe Drought |
| London | Extreme Drought |
| Lonoke | Extreme Drought |
| Magnolia | Moderate Drought |
| Malvern | Severe Drought |
| Mammoth Spring | Severe Drought |
| Manila | Extreme Drought |
| Mansfield | Abnormally Dry |
| Marion | Abnormally Dry |
| Marshall | Severe Drought |
| Mayflower | Extreme Drought |
| Maynard | Extreme Drought |
| Melbourne | Extreme Drought |
| Mineral Springs | Severe Drought |
| Monette | Extreme Drought |
| Moro | Moderate Drought |
| Mount Ida | Moderate Drought |
| Mount Pleasant | Extreme Drought |
| Mount Vernon | Extreme Drought |
| Mountain Home | Severe Drought |
| Mountain View | Severe Drought |
| Mountainburg | Moderate Drought |
| Mulberry | Abnormally Dry |
| Murfreesboro | Severe Drought |
| Nashville | Severe Drought |
| New Edinburg | Severe Drought |
| Newport | Extreme Drought |
| Norfork | Severe Drought |
| Norman | Severe Drought |
| North Little Rock | Severe Drought |
| O'Kean | Extreme Drought |
| Oil Trough | Extreme Drought |
| Osceola | Severe Drought |
| Paragould | Exceptional Drought |
| Parkdale | Extreme Drought |
| Patterson | Severe Drought |
| Peach Orchard | Exceptional Drought |
| Pindall | Severe Drought |
| Pine Bluff | Severe Drought |
| Pineville | Severe Drought |
| Plainview | Extreme Drought |
| Pleasant Plains | Extreme Drought |
| Plumerville | Extreme Drought |
| Pocahontas | Extreme Drought |
| Pollard | Extreme Drought |
| Pottsville | Extreme Drought |
| Pyatt | Severe Drought |
| Ravenden Springs | Extreme Drought |
| Reader | Severe Drought |
| Reyno | Exceptional Drought |
| Salem | Severe Drought |
| Searcy | Extreme Drought |
| Sherrill | Severe Drought |
| Southside | Extreme Drought |
| Star City | Severe Drought |
| Sulphur Springs | Severe Drought |
| Summit | Severe Drought |
| Texarkana | Moderate Drought |
| Trumann | Extreme Drought |
| Turrell | Abnormally Dry |
| Valley Springs | Severe Drought |
| Vandervoort | Moderate Drought |
| Vilonia | Extreme Drought |
| Wabbaseka | Severe Drought |
| Waldron | Abnormally Dry |
| Walnut Ridge | Extreme Drought |
| Warren | Exceptional Drought |
| Washington | Severe Drought |
| West Memphis | Abnormally Dry |
| Western Grove | Severe Drought |
| Wickes | Moderate Drought |
| Wilmar | Exceptional Drought |
| Wilton | Severe Drought |
| Winslow | Abnormally Dry |
| Winthrop | Severe Drought |
| Wooster | Extreme Drought |
| Wynne | Moderate Drought |
| Yellville | Severe Drought |
| Evening Shade | Extreme Drought |
| Caulksville | Moderate Drought |
| Dardanelle | Extreme Drought |
| Dover | Extreme Drought |
| Russellville | Extreme Drought |
| Subiaco | Severe Drought |
| Beebe | Extreme Drought |
| Danville | Severe Drought |
| Garner | Extreme Drought |
| Kensett | Extreme Drought |
| Letona | Extreme Drought |
| Ola | Extreme Drought |
| Russell | Extreme Drought |
| West Fork | Abnormally Dry |
| Dyess | Severe Drought |
| Caldwell | Abnormally Dry |
| Colt | Moderate Drought |
| Forrest City | Moderate Drought |
| Hughes | Abnormally Dry |
| Madison | Abnormally Dry |
| Palestine | Moderate Drought |
| Wheatley | Moderate Drought |
| Widener | Abnormally Dry |
| Little Rock | Severe Drought |
| Highland | Extreme Drought |
| Rockwell | Severe Drought |
| Helena-West Helena | Moderate Drought |