Wow. Interesting to hear about these low water conditions. I have the opposite experience, and I am just 200 miles or so north of you Ohio and Indiana guys.

According to the NWS website, my area is 12 inches of precipitation above average year-to-date. Highest on record since 1948. This has been wonderful for filling up my new pond (dug 10 months ago) and planting new grass. The pond is just about at the full-pool estimate. In fact, I am a little nervous about the trend continuing and water breaching my 110V outlet and aerator cabinet. I moved them up the bank to higher ground.

We also had a bumper crop of raspberries, blackberries, apples, pears, and walnuts around the property.