– Share of state experiencing drought conditions (20-year average): 57,793 sq. mi. (59.1% of land area); 316,234 people (56.1% of population)

— Moderate drought: 39,211 sq. mi. (40.1% of land area); 212,658 people (37.7% of population)

— Severe drought: 26,523 sq. mi. (27.1% of land area); 142,587 people (25.3% of population)

— Extreme drought: 12,705 sq. mi. (13.0% of land area); 68,166 people (12.1% of population)

— Exceptional drought: 1,778 sq. mi. (1.8% of land area); 9,667 people (1.7% of population)

Fishing and agriculture are just two areas experiencing the impact of drought in Wyoming, where almost 98% of the state is abnormally dry, and drought levels for the majority of regions are moderate to severe. Drought brutalized Wyoming during the 2000s for an uninterrupted 435 weeks between 2001 and 2009 before another major drought choked the state in the first years of the 2010s.