11/1/23

YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS BEEN DECLARED A DISASTER AREA DUE TO THE CONTINUING DROUGHT. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BOTH YAVAPAI AND APACHE COUNTIES RECEIVED THE DISASTER DECLARATION DUE TO EIGHT OR MORE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF SEVERE DROUGHT OR EXTENDED PERIODS OF EXTREME OR EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT. 

THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF YAVAPAI COUNTY, WHICH INCLUDES BLACK CANYON CITY, HAS BEEN IN SEVERE DROUGHT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, WHILE THE REST OF THE COUNTY HAS BEEN IN MODERATE DROUGHT OR HAS BEEN ABNORMALLY DRY JUST AS LONG. 

THE DISASTER DECLARATION MAKES FARMERS IN AFFECTED COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.