For more info, please see the Emergency Disaster Designation and Declaration Process fact sheet at https://fsa.usda.gov/Assets/USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/FactSheets/emergency_disaster_designation_declaration_process-factsheet.pdf
The 2023 Secretarial #Drought Designations includes 455 primary counties and 244 contiguous counties as of March 29 — @DroughtDenise