10 Oregon counties ask Brown to declare drought emergency
May 11 2021
Water resources at or near all-time lows, prompting commissioners to ask the governor to declare a drought emergency
For the second year in a row, Jefferson County Commissioners have asked the governor to declare a drought emergency for the county.
Governors granted Jefferson County this relief eight times in the past 30 years.
Wickiup Reservoir, the source of the county's water, had its lowest peak this year since it began operating 72 years ago.
The U.S. drought monitor places much of Jefferson County in severe drought status.
Many areas of the county received less than a quarter of average precipitation in March.