Current Drought Conditions for Maryland - July 14, 2026
Maryland Drought Report
As of July 14, 2026 approximately 71% (8,777 square miles) of Maryland is under active drought conditions, with an additional 3% (408 square miles) classified as Abnormally Dry (D0).
Breaking down current drought conditions across Maryland: 16.7% (2,071 sq mi) Moderate Drought (D1); 40.9% (5,077 sq mi) Severe Drought (D2); 13.1% (1,629 sq mi) Extreme Drought (D3).
The interactive map below shows current Maryland 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 | 408 | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| Moderate Drought | 2,071 | 16.7% | 16.7% |
| Severe Drought | 5,077 | 40.9% | 40.9% |
| Extreme Drought | 1,629 | 13.1% | 13.1% |
Maryland 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 Maryland
| Location | Drought Conditions |
|---|---|
| Accokeek | Severe Drought |
| Adamstown | Severe Drought |
| Adelphi | Moderate Drought |
| Algonquin | Extreme Drought |
| Allen | Moderate Drought |
| Annapolis | Severe Drought |
| Aquasco | Severe Drought |
| Arbutus | Moderate Drought |
| Aspen Hill | Moderate Drought |
| Bagtown | Severe Drought |
| Ballenger Creek | Severe Drought |
| Baltimore | Moderate Drought |
| Baltimore Highlands | Moderate Drought |
| Barclay | Extreme Drought |
| Barnesville | Moderate Drought |
| Barton | Abnormally Dry |
| Bartonsville | Severe Drought |
| Beaver Creek | Severe Drought |
| Bel Air | Abnormally Dry |
| Beltsville | Moderate Drought |
| Berlin | Moderate Drought |
| Berwyn Heights | Severe Drought |
| Bethesda | Moderate Drought |
| Betterton | Extreme Drought |
| Bier | Abnormally Dry |
| Bishopville | Severe Drought |
| Bivalve | Severe Drought |
| Bladensburg | Severe Drought |
| Bloomington | Abnormally Dry |
| Boonsboro | Severe Drought |
| Bowie | Severe Drought |
| Bowling Green | Abnormally Dry |
| Bowmans Addition | Abnormally Dry |
| Braddock Heights | Severe Drought |
| Brandywine | Severe Drought |
| Brock Hall | Severe Drought |
| Brookeville | Moderate Drought |
| Broomes Island | Severe Drought |
| Brunswick | Moderate Drought |
| Bryans Road | Severe Drought |
| Bryantown | Severe Drought |
| Buckeystown | Severe Drought |
| Burkittsville | Severe Drought |
| Burtonsville | Moderate Drought |
| Butlertown | Extreme Drought |
| Cabin John | Moderate Drought |
| California | Severe Drought |
| Calvert Beach | Severe Drought |
| Calverton | Moderate Drought |
| Cambridge | Extreme Drought |
| Camp Springs | Severe Drought |
| Capitol Heights | Severe Drought |
| Carney | Severe Drought |
| Catonsville | Moderate Drought |
| Cavetown | Severe Drought |
| Cecilton | Severe Drought |
| Cedarville | Severe Drought |
| Centreville | Extreme Drought |
| Chance | Moderate Drought |
| Charlestown | Severe Drought |
| Charlotte Hall | Severe Drought |
| Charlton | Severe Drought |
| Chesapeake Beach | Severe Drought |
| Chesapeake City | Abnormally Dry |
| Chesapeake Ranch Estates | Severe Drought |
| Chester | Extreme Drought |
| Chestertown | Extreme Drought |
| Chevy Chase Section Five | Moderate Drought |
| Chevy Chase Section Three | Moderate Drought |
| Chewsville | Severe Drought |
| Choptank | Extreme Drought |
| Church Hill | Extreme Drought |
| Clear Spring | Severe Drought |
| Clinton | Severe Drought |
| Cloverly | Moderate Drought |
| Cobb Island | Severe Drought |
| Cockeysville | Severe Drought |
| Colesville | Moderate Drought |
| College Park | Severe Drought |
| Cordova | Extreme Drought |
| Corriganville | Abnormally Dry |
| Cresaptown | Abnormally Dry |
| Crisfield | Moderate Drought |
| Crofton | Severe Drought |
| Croom | Severe Drought |
| Crownsville | Severe Drought |
| Cumberland | Abnormally Dry |
| Damascus | Moderate Drought |
| Danville | Abnormally Dry |
| Dargan | Moderate Drought |
| Darlington | Severe Drought |
| Darnestown | Moderate Drought |
| Deal Island | Moderate Drought |
| Deale | Severe Drought |
| Denton | Extreme Drought |
| Derwood | Moderate Drought |
| Detmold | Abnormally Dry |
| Downsville | Severe Drought |
| Drum Point | Severe Drought |
| Dundalk | Severe Drought |
| Dunkirk | Severe Drought |
| East New Market | Extreme Drought |
| Easton | Extreme Drought |
| Eden | Moderate Drought |
| Edesville | Extreme Drought |
| Edgemere | Severe Drought |
| Edgemont | Severe Drought |
| Edgewood | Severe Drought |
| Eldersburg | Severe Drought |
| Elkridge | Moderate Drought |
| Elkton | Moderate Drought |
| Ellerslie | Abnormally Dry |
| Ellicott City | Moderate Drought |
| Emmitsburg | Moderate Drought |
| Essex | Severe Drought |
| Fairland | Moderate Drought |
| Fairlee | Extreme Drought |
| Fairmount | Moderate Drought |
| Fairplay | Severe Drought |
| Fallston | Severe Drought |
| Federalsburg | Extreme Drought |
| Flintstone | Abnormally Dry |
| Forest Glen | Moderate Drought |
| Forestville | Severe Drought |
| Fort Washington | Severe Drought |
| Four Corners | Moderate Drought |
| Franklin | Abnormally Dry |
| Frederick | Severe Drought |
| Friendly | Severe Drought |
| Friendship | Severe Drought |
| Fulton | Moderate Drought |
| Gaithersburg | Moderate Drought |
| Galena | Severe Drought |
| Galesville | Severe Drought |
| Garrett Park | Moderate Drought |
| Garretts Mill | Moderate Drought |
| Garrison | Severe Drought |
| Germantown | Moderate Drought |
| Gilmore | Abnormally Dry |
| Girdletree | Moderate Drought |
| Glassmanor | Severe Drought |
| Glenmont | Moderate Drought |
| Golden Beach | Severe Drought |
| Goldsboro | Extreme Drought |
| Grasonville | Extreme Drought |
| Greenbelt | Severe Drought |
| Greensboro | Extreme Drought |
| Greensburg | Severe Drought |
| Hagerstown | Severe Drought |
| Hampstead | Severe Drought |
| Hampton | Severe Drought |
| Hancock | Moderate Drought |
| Havre de Grace | Severe Drought |
| Hebron | Severe Drought |
| Henderson | Extreme Drought |
| Herald Harbor | Severe Drought |
| Highland | Moderate Drought |
| Hillandale | Moderate Drought |
| Hillsboro | Extreme Drought |
| Hughesville | Severe Drought |
| Huntingtown | Severe Drought |
| Hyattsville | Severe Drought |
| Jefferson | Severe Drought |
| Jessup | Moderate Drought |
| Jesterville | Severe Drought |
| Jugtown | Severe Drought |
| Keedysville | Severe Drought |
| Kemp Mill | Moderate Drought |
| Kennedyville | Extreme Drought |
| Kettering | Severe Drought |
| Kingstown | Extreme Drought |
| Kingsville | Severe Drought |
| Kitzmiller | Abnormally Dry |
| La Plata | Severe Drought |
| La Vale | Abnormally Dry |
| Lake Arbor | Severe Drought |
| Lake Shore | Severe Drought |
| Landover | Severe Drought |
| Lansdowne | Moderate Drought |
| Laurel | Moderate Drought |
| Layhill | Moderate Drought |
| Laytonsville | Moderate Drought |
| Leitersburg | Severe Drought |
| Leonardtown | Severe Drought |
| Libertytown | Severe Drought |
| Lochearn | Moderate Drought |
| Lonaconing | Abnormally Dry |
| Long Beach | Severe Drought |
| Luke | Abnormally Dry |
| Lutherville | Severe Drought |
| Madison | Extreme Drought |
| Manchester | Severe Drought |
| Mapleville | Severe Drought |
| Mardela Springs | Severe Drought |
| Marlboro Meadows | Severe Drought |
| Marlton | Severe Drought |
| Marydel | Extreme Drought |
| McCoole | Abnormally Dry |
| Mechanicsville | Severe Drought |
| Middle River | Severe Drought |
| Middletown | Severe Drought |
| Midland | Abnormally Dry |
| Milford Mill | Moderate Drought |
| Millington | Extreme Drought |
| Montgomery Village | Moderate Drought |
| Morningside | Severe Drought |
| Moscow | Abnormally Dry |
| Mount Aetna | Severe Drought |
| Mount Airy | Severe Drought |
| Mount Briar | Moderate Drought |
| Mount Lena | Severe Drought |
| Mount Vernon | Moderate Drought |
| Myersville | Severe Drought |
| Nanticoke | Severe Drought |
| National | Abnormally Dry |
| New Carrollton | Severe Drought |
| New Market | Severe Drought |
| New Windsor | Severe Drought |
| Newark | Moderate Drought |
| North Beach | Severe Drought |
| North Bethesda | Moderate Drought |
| North Brentwood | Severe Drought |
| North East | Severe Drought |
| Ocean City | Moderate Drought |
| Ocean Pines | Severe Drought |
| Olney | Moderate Drought |
| Owings | Severe Drought |
| Owings Mills | Severe Drought |
| Oxford | Extreme Drought |
| Oxon Hill | Severe Drought |
| Parkville | Severe Drought |
| Parsonsburg | Severe Drought |
| Pecktonville | Moderate Drought |
| Peppermill Village | Severe Drought |
| Perry Hall | Severe Drought |
| Pikesville | Moderate Drought |
| Pinesburg | Severe Drought |
| Piney Point | Severe Drought |
| Pittsville | Severe Drought |
| Pleasant Grove | Abnormally Dry |
| Pleasant Hills | Severe Drought |
| Pocomoke City | Moderate Drought |
| Point of Rocks | Moderate Drought |
| Pomfret | Severe Drought |
| Poolesville | Moderate Drought |
| Port Deposit | Severe Drought |
| Potomac | Moderate Drought |
| Potomac Park | Abnormally Dry |
| Preston | Extreme Drought |
| Prince Frederick | Severe Drought |
| Princess Anne | Moderate Drought |
| Pylesville | Severe Drought |
| Quantico | Severe Drought |
| Queen Anne | Extreme Drought |
| Queen Anne | Severe Drought |
| Queensland | Severe Drought |
| Queenstown | Extreme Drought |
| Randallstown | Severe Drought |
| Rawlings | Abnormally Dry |
| Redland | Moderate Drought |
| Ridgely | Extreme Drought |
| Ringgold | Severe Drought |
| Rising Sun | Severe Drought |
| Rock Hall | Extreme Drought |
| Rockville | Moderate Drought |
| Rohrersville | Moderate Drought |
| Rosedale | Severe Drought |
| Rosemont | Moderate Drought |
| Sabillasville | Severe Drought |
| Salisbury | Severe Drought |
| San Mar | Severe Drought |
| Sandy Hook | Moderate Drought |
| Savage | Moderate Drought |
| Scaggsville | Moderate Drought |
| Secretary | Extreme Drought |
| Severn | Severe Drought |
| Severna Park | Severe Drought |
| Shady Side | Severe Drought |
| Sharpsburg | Severe Drought |
| Sharptown | Extreme Drought |
| Silver Hill | Severe Drought |
| Silver Spring | Moderate Drought |
| Smith Island | Moderate Drought |
| Smithsburg | Severe Drought |
| Snow Hill | Moderate Drought |
| Solomons | Severe Drought |
| Somerset | Moderate Drought |
| South Laurel | Severe Drought |
| Spencerville | Moderate Drought |
| Spring Ridge | Severe Drought |
| Stevensville | Extreme Drought |
| Sudlersville | Extreme Drought |
| Suitland | Severe Drought |
| Sykesville | Severe Drought |
| Taneytown | Severe Drought |
| Taylors Island | Extreme Drought |
| Templeville | Extreme Drought |
| Thurmont | Severe Drought |
| Tilghman Island | Extreme Drought |
| Tilghmanton | Severe Drought |
| Timonium | Severe Drought |
| Towson | Severe Drought |
| Trappe | Extreme Drought |
| Travilah | Moderate Drought |
| Tyaskin | Severe Drought |
| Union Bridge | Severe Drought |
| Upper Marlboro | Severe Drought |
| Urbana | Severe Drought |
| Vienna | Extreme Drought |
| Waldorf | Severe Drought |
| Walker Mill | Severe Drought |
| Walkersville | Severe Drought |
| West Laurel | Moderate Drought |
| West Ocean City | Moderate Drought |
| West Pocomoke | Moderate Drought |
| Westernport | Abnormally Dry |
| Westminster | Severe Drought |
| Wheaton | Moderate Drought |
| White Marsh | Severe Drought |
| White Oak | Moderate Drought |
| Willards | Severe Drought |
| Williamsport | Severe Drought |
| Woodlawn | Moderate Drought |
| Woodmore | Severe Drought |
| Woodsboro | Severe Drought |
| Yarrowsburg | Moderate Drought |