Southeastern IN — Most of Southeastern Indiana is officially in a drought.
That’s the word from the U.S. Drought Monitor, which released a map Thursday showing all of Ripley, Franklin, and Dearborn counties and most of Decatur County in a moderate drought.
Northwestern Decatur County is considered abnormally dry.
Drought conditions and other wildfire risk factors prompted Franklin County Commissioners to issue a countywide burn ban earlier this week.
