The Dust Bowl affected 100,000,000 acres in five US States with the center point being the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles and the adjoining States of Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico. It was an ecological and economic disaster that did not end until the 1940's. They were termed the "Black Blizzards" by those who lived through them.
The dust bowl was mainly in The Great Plains of the United States of America.
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What states where in the dust bowl
The Dust Bowl was caused by an incredibly severe drought. The states most affected were Texas and Oklahoma.
In the western states of USA.
No, it is not considered a Dust Bowl state. Though heavy droughts led to the the Dust Bowl, not every state experiencing a drought also experienced severe dust storms. States that are considered to have experienced these severe dust storms are Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Iowa, however, is listed as a state experiencing a drought during the Dust Bowl era, it is just not classified as having severe dust storms.
The Dust Bowl impacted the US during the 1930s, specifically from about 1931 to 1939. It was a period of severe dust storms that greatly affected agriculture and the environment in the Great Plains region.
The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms in the Midwest. It affected 27 states and covered almost 75% of the entire United States.
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Kansas
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