DroughtOdds

Drought in Creek County, OK: 3.1 years in 10 since 2000

3.1 years in 10

Creek County, OK: 8 of 26 full years had 13+ weeks in drought. About as drought-prone as a typical US county.

  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 0
  4. 2
  5. 0
  6. 8
  7. 52
  8. 0
  9. 0
  10. 4
  11. 3
  12. 46
  13. 39
  14. 22
  15. 43
  16. 16
  17. 8
  18. 15
  19. 5
  20. 0
  21. 2
  22. 5
  23. 35
  24. 12
  25. 12
  26. 3

20002025

Drought years: 2006 (52 wk), 2011 (46 wk), 2012 (39 wk), 2013 (22 wk), 2014 (43 wk), 2015 (16 wk), 2017 (15 wk) and 2022 (35 wk). Not a single drought week in 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2019.

Keep a lawn, but switch to drought-tolerant grass

Dry years come often enough to kill a thirsty lawn every few summers. Keep the lawn, reseed with a drought-tolerant mix, and put the beds on drip.

If you reseed, use a drought-tolerant mix and do it well clear of Feb, the month drought is most common here. Put beds on drip before the next dry year.

Against the rest of OK

64th most drought-prone of 77 OK counties; the OK middle is 4.6 in 10. Closest on the list: Lincoln County (3.1 in 10) and Pittsburg County (3.1 in 10). Driest in OK: Cimarron County (6.9 in 10). Least drought: McIntosh County (2.3 in 10).

When in the year it hits

Most often in Feb (36% of weeks), then Jan (35%) and Oct (33%). Least in Jun (14%). May to September averages 22%.

  1. 35 Jan
  2. 36 Feb
  3. 32 Mar
  4. 23 Apr
  5. 20 May
  6. 14 Jun
  7. 22 Jul
  8. 26 Aug
  9. 30 Sep
  10. 33 Oct
  11. 25 Nov
  12. 28 Dec

The worst year: 2006

2006: 52 weeks in drought, peaking at D3 extreme. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 27% of all weeks at D1 or worse, 12.6% at D2, 5% at D3, 42 weeks with some of the county in D4. Longest unbroken spell: 59 weeks, Mar 11, 2014 to Apr 21, 2015.

Lately

Last drought year: 2022, 35 weeks. 2016-2025: 2 in 10, against 3.8 in 10 for 2000-2015, about the same. So far in 2026: 35 of 44 weeks in drought, through Nov 3, 2026.

Further reading

Creek County lands on the plan covered in changing to a drought-tolerant grass. Its worst year, 2006, was not one of the big national drought years; see the worst years since 2000. How each of Creek County's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.