Dust Bowl

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drought dust storm disaster environmental disaster historical event

The Dust Bowl was a devastating 1930s environmental disaster on the North American Great Plains, where severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, crop failures, and widespread displacement of farming communities.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Black Sunday dust storm 2
Dust Bowl era 2
Dust Bowl (1930s impacts) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drought ⓘ
dust storm disaster ⓘ
environmental disaster ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
affects agriculture ⓘ
farmers ⓘ
livestock ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
documentedBy Farm Security Administration photographers ⓘ
documentedIn The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ
followedBy implementation of soil conservation programs ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dirty Thirties ⓘ
hasCause high winds ⓘ
overgrazing ⓘ
overplowing of prairie grasslands ⓘ
poor farming practices ⓘ
severe drought ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
hasEffect crop failures ⓘ
dust pneumonia ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ
farm foreclosures ⓘ
internal migration in the United States ⓘ
massive dust storms ⓘ
public health problems ⓘ
soil degradation ⓘ
widespread displacement of farming communities ⓘ
hasEndTime late 1930s ⓘ
hasLocation Canada ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
North America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasNotableEvent Black Sunday ⓘ
hasNotableEventDate April 14, 1935 ⓘ
hasPeakPeriod 1934 ⓘ
1935 ⓘ
1936 ⓘ
hasResponse New Deal relief programs for farmers ⓘ
creation of the Soil Conservation Service ⓘ
hasStartTime early 1930s ⓘ
influences New Deal ⓘ
surface form: New Deal agricultural policy

Soil conservation policy in the United States ⓘ
occursIn Alberta ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Saskatchewan ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
surface form: Texas Panhandle

Wyoming ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pa Joad → affectedBy → Dust Bowl ⓘ
Black Sunday → alsoKnownAs → Dust Bowl ⓘ
subject surface form: Black Sunday (dust storm)
this entity surface form: Black Sunday dust storm
Dirty Thirties → alternateName → Dust Bowl ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dust Bowl era
Joad family → associatedWithEvent → Dust Bowl ⓘ
Tom Joad → basedInEvent → Dust Bowl ⓘ
Farm Credit Act of 1933 → context → Dust Bowl ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Depression farm crisis
Great Depression → hasKeyEvent → Dust Bowl ⓘ
Dirty Thirties → hasPart → Dust Bowl ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dust Bowl droughts
this entity surface form: Dust Bowl era
Great Plains → historicalEvent → Dust Bowl ⓘ
Texas Panhandle → historicalEvent → Dust Bowl ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dust Bowl of the 1930s affected the region
subject surface form: Eastern Colorado
this entity surface form: Dust Bowl (1930s impacts)
this entity surface form: Dust Bowl migrants
Dirty Thirties → notableEvent → Dust Bowl ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sunday dust storm
Black Sunday → partOf → Dust Bowl ⓘ
subject surface form: Black Sunday (dust storm)
subject surface form: Black Sunday (dust storm)