`us_drought_national`

Pack: us-drought-monitor · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/us_drought_national for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Weekly U.S. Drought Monitor drought-severity statistics for the nation: percent of area or percent of population in categories None, D0 (abnormally dry) through D4 (exceptional drought). Categories are cumulative (D1+ means D1 through D4 combined, i.e. ‘at least moderate drought’). Covers the contiguous 48 states (conus), the contiguous states plus Alaska/Hawaii/Puerto Rico (total), or both at once (us). Published weekly — map valid every Tuesday, released the following Thursday. Omit dates for the latest available map.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`area`	string	no	conus = contiguous 48 states only. total = contiguous states plus Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. us = both rows at once. Default conus.
`measure`	string	no	’area’ = percent of land area in each category (default). ‘population’ = percent of the area’s population in each category.
`start_date`	string	no	Earliest map date, YYYY-MM-DD or M/D/YYYY. Omit for the latest single map.
`end_date`	string	no	Latest map date, YYYY-MM-DD or M/D/YYYY. Omit for the latest single map.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "area": "conus"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/us-drought-monitor/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"us_drought_national","arguments":{"area":"conus"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('us_drought_national', {
  "area": "conus"
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the us-drought-monitor pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "us-drought-monitor": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/us-drought-monitor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

us_drought_national