First Reports of Blue Mold to the North American Blue Mold Forecast Center in 1998 (a)

County/State

Date Reported

Probable source (b)

Impact (c)

Alachua and Columbia County, FL

March 30

Cuba

?

Grady County, GA

April 17

N Florida

?

South-central KY, north-central TN

April 17

Infected transplants

?

Spencer County, IN

May 22

TN/KY border

?

Clarendon County, SC

May 26

S GA/N FL

?

Lee County, VA

May 28

E/NE TN

?

Lancaster County, PA

May 28

TN/KY border OR S GA/ N FL

?

Watauga County, NC (burley)

June 3

TN/KY border OR E/NE TN

?

Haldimand-Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

June 7

S GA/N FL

?

St. Mary's County, MD

June 8

S GA/N FL or S Appalachian Mtns.

?

Greene and Lenoir County, NC (flue-cured)

June9

NE SC

?

Hampshire County, MA

June 16

South-central VA

?

Tolland County, CT

June 28

Massachusetts

?

Adams County, OH

July 8

Kentucky

?

Rock County, WI

August 17

Western KY

?

Platte and Buchanan County, MO

August 21

Western KY

?

 

 

 

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