Texas county map / Lee County
Lee County, Texas
County seat: Giddings. County FIPS: 48287.
402,600 land acres in the January 2026 Census county boundary reference. This is total county land, including land outside pasture and agriculture.
Census geography and land area · Texas State Library county seats. Reference sources checked October 3, 2026.
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Reported county conditions
Each report carries its own date, unit and coverage. A missing county report means coverage is unknown.
Drought
100% in drought
Source date:
Unit: % in drought
D0: 0%; D1: 0%; D2: 100%; D3: 0%; D4: 0%. D0 is abnormally dry; drought begins at D1.
Coverage and method
County land in moderate through exceptional drought (D1–D4). USDM releases weekly on Thursday using conditions through Tuesday.
Weather alerts
0 active alerts at check
Source date:
Unit: alerts
No active county-mapped NWS alerts in this complete source response. This is not a local weather forecast.
Coverage and method
Issued and currently effective NWS alerts by county. Automatic checks follow the saved source interval. Warning areas may cover only part of a county; individual issue, onset, and expiry times are preserved.
Screwworm zones
No county observation available
Unit: zone notice
Official county notice checked automatically on access. Only parts of the listed counties may be inside zones; unlisted counties remain unknown.
Armyworm reports
No county observation available
Source registry only; no automated surveillance feed or current county observations.
Cattle markets
$362.20 / cwt
Source date: · Refresh needed
Unit: $/cwt
Giddings Livestock Auction; 500–599 lb Medium and Large 1 steers; 80 head in price sample; 1,491 total sale receipts. Calculated pounds-weighted mean of rounded report rows.
Coverage and method
Selected auction reports: 500–599 lb Medium and Large 1 steers. Prices are mapped to the auction county, not the cattle's origin or a countywide price. Sale receipts include all reported classes.
Pounds-weighted mean of published row average prices using head × average weight. Approximate because source row averages are rounded.
Cattle concentration
0.227 head / land acre
Source date: · Historical baseline
Unit: head / land acre
91,280 cattle and calves (2022 inventory) / 402,600 total county land acres (2026 boundaries). Includes all cattle classes; county land includes non-pasture uses.
Coverage and method
2022 USDA Census cattle and calves inventory divided by 2026 Census total county land acres. A historical concentration measure; it does not estimate pasture stocking rate or carrying capacity.
Auction report sources in Lee County
2 listed sources in this county. Barn listings and collected prices have different coverage. Open each source for its own date and check the operator before travelling.
- Giddings Livestock Commission Co. — reports
Highway 290 East – County Road 226, Giddings, Texas. Operator source checked .
Operator identity checked on its public website; county assignment follows the separately cited location evidence. A working site does not establish current price coverage.
- Lexington Livestock Commission — directory evidence
Street address not verified. Directory evidence reviewed .
TSCRA lists this auction under Lee County. The listing is a historical directory reference; current operation, street address and sale schedule need operator confirmation.
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News mentioning Lee County
No headline in the current collection explicitly identifies this county. Read the statewide news collection.
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