How many states were part of the dust bowl?

The dust bowl of the 1930s spread over 100 million acres in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. See the related link below for more info. read more

Through re-plowing the fields into furrows, planting trees in shelterbelts, and other conservation methods. In 1935, there was a 65% reduction in soil blowing. read more

Dust Bowl, a section of the Great Plains of the United States that extended over southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, and northeastern New Mexico. The term Dust Bowl was suggested by conditions that struck the region in the early 1930s. read more

One hundred million acres of the Southern Plains were turning into a wasteland of the Dust Bowl. Large sections of five states were affected — Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico. In 1932, the national weather bureau reported 14 dust storms. read more