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| 7/28/2025 | IL-KN-121 | IL | Kane |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| This month's precipitation has been above normal, but only by a quarter of an inch, but there are still four days left in the month. This month also is only the third month of the water year to be above normal. As a result we are still six inches below normal for the year.
Up until this month lawns were drying out, water levels in lakes, streams and ephemeral ponds were dry. This month's precipitation has helped those conditions to improve in particularly suburban lawns. However, the soils are not saturated, and any accumulation of runoff in my rain garden readily percolates into the ground. In many cases, some lakes and ponds have lower than normal levels. Visually, it appears agricultural crops seem to be doing well. |
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| 7/28/2025 | IN-NB-48 | IN | Noble |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| I would say the vast majority is handling the excess water well, but I did observe a field with standing water where corn was clearly planted and a grassy storm management area full of water. |
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| 7/28/2025 | IA-LN-49 | IA | Linn |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
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| Little over a half an inch received this week. No drought. No flooding around station area. Plants facing Sunrise needed watering. Partial Mowing was still required. Animal activity seemed normal. Increase in insects. My Main issue of concern/change this week has been the Heat. Forecast indicates this will continue into next week. Try and Stay Cool Everyone.
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| 7/28/2025 | KS-DG-84 | KS | Douglas |
Near Normal
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| recen rain; ground moist |
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| 7/28/2025 | MN-NB-7 | MN | Nobles |
Near Normal
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Water Supply & Quality
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| We are near normal but subsoil moisture has not been replenished from the dry year last year. Seems like we are the hole in the doughnut for substantial rainfall, everyone around us always gets more. With the timely rains we have received the crops look excellent |
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| 7/28/2025 | NM-LN-36 | NM | Lincoln |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| General Awareness: This report covers the 2 week period from 14 July-27 July. During this period 1.52 inches of rain was received (including 0.08 inch received from thunderstorms today, as of 2030 MDT). The majority of the rain was reported as multiday obs on 16 July (0.65 inch) and on 23 July (0.62) inches, while I was away from my station. This total brings our monthly total rainfall to 3.03 inches, putting us into the Normal Range for the NOAA July 30 year normal. Note that today’s thunderstorms also included a brief period of pea size hail around 1400 MDT (hail report submitted). There were also around 5 lightning strikes observed within 10 miles of my station during the late afternoon thunderstorms. However, these thunderstorms only added about 0.02 inch of rain to the total catch noted above. There has been a noticeable increase in the greening of indigenous grasses and ground cover and the soil texture appears to be slightly damp. Given the amount of rain received this month, the slightly damp soil texture and greatly increased greening, as previously observed at this time of year thanks to the monsoon conditions, I now classify our condition as NEAR NORMAL. The one caveat to this is the poor condition of the pinon trees due to the previous exceedingly dry weeks, as noted below. Note that the widely reported Ruidoso area flooding is approx 10 miles south and approx 300 feet below my location and is not an issue at my station.
Plants & Wildlife: Upon returning to my station on 22 July, I noticed a significant increase in the greening of indigenous grasses. A succulent type of wild ground cover has sprung up and is now covering the majority of areas where little to no indigenous grasses had been growing prior to my time away. Greening of the indigenous grasses and ground cover is now 100%. In spite of the rain, almost half of the pinon trees on my property continue to show stress and will likely not survive. All Juniper trees now look healthy. Deer, elk, rabbit, squirrel and birdlife health continue to appear normal.
Fire/Restrictions: As previously reported: Our Fire Hazard continues to be posted as MODERATE at the BLM Fort Stanton Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area (nearest border approx 2.6 miles ENE of my location). No nearby fire activity was reported this week. An open flame burn ban remains in effect across Lincoln County.
Water Supply & Quality: Late Wednesday morning, Rio Bonito (observation point approx 1.25 mi NNE of my station) was observed to have a low water level, but with discernable flow. However, the river bed was dry when observed at the same obs point mid-morning today. Picture of the wet and dry obs are attached. (Note that Rio Bonito is a primary watershed tributary from the Sierra Blanca, Lookout and Buck Mountains, approximately 12 miles SW-WSW of my location).
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