Soil Moisture Condition Monitoring Weekly Report: Moderately Wet

United States Drought Monitor

Station Number: OH-HM-24
Station Name: Cheviot 3.4 W
Report Date: 3/28/2020
Submitted: 3/28/2020 6:24 AM
Scale Bar: Moderately Wet
Description:

0.45 inches of rain in the last 7 days and 5.10 inches of rain in March. Rivers have fallen from flood and near flood stage. Soil is still saturated to near saturated. Swales are still very wet with diminishing standing water.

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This report is specifically for the Arbor Doctor’s location 3.4 miles west of Cheviot, OH, in the western suburbs of Cincinnati in southwest Ohio. This location is also an official cooperative observation site for the National Weather Service listed as Cheviot 3W.

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