In years like this one, the saying “two weeks away from flood or drought” is said pretty often. It refers to how in the Midwest we are always seemingly in a drought or flood. In Southeast Kansas, and much of the Ozark Plateau (the four-state area), this might actually be true. A lot of this comes down to our shallow, heavy-clay soils. Because our soils are 18” to 24” inches of silty clay above an …