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“Will South Carolina have D4 (Exceptional Drought) this week?” is a prediction market on Polymarket with two tradeable outcomes, Yes and No. It belongs to the event “Exceptional drought (D4) by state — week of September 1, 2026”. The Yes price is the market's implied probability that the question resolves Yes. Quotes can change as orders are updated or filled; a quoted price does not guarantee an available fill at that price.
This market resolved No on 4 Sep 2026. $331 traded over its life. The price history, the holders still on the books and the trade tape below are kept as the record of how the crowd priced the question while it was open.
Vultax observes this market from Polymarket's public order book and data API and keeps its own record: 8 daily price points from Aug 28, 2026 UTC to Sep 4, 2026 UTC (Yes between 7.5% and 49.5%); 8 wallets still holding shares after settlement, the largest ten holding 100.0% of the loaded shares; 9 recent public fills from 7 wallets. Each figure carries its observation time; nothing here is a return forecast.
Public Polymarket market/event context is available; Vultax source-pack coverage is tracked separately.
This closed market has no live orderbook depth; the public close quote is shown for context.
Nine stops, one per figure on this page. Each stop says what the number is, why it matters, and what it reads right now for this market.
Each outcome trades as a share that pays $1 if it wins and nothing if it loses. Prices are quoted in cents, and Yes plus No add up to about one dollar.
Daily closes of the Yes price, Polymarket CLOB · 8 points · 28 Aug 2026 – 4 Sep 2026
| Observed | Yes price |
|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | 8.5% |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 49.5% |
| Trader | Outcome | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| menthe2 | Yes | 50 |
| chessplayer | Yes | 41 |
| ISddI | Yes |
This market will resolve to "Yes" if South Carolina has D4 (Exceptional Drought) on 0.05% or more of its land area in the US Drought Monitor release for the week of September 1, 2026. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". D4 area below 0.05% is treated as cartographic noise at state borders and resolves "No". South Carolina carries a market in May through November, so this market exists for the week valid September 1, 2026. Weeks outside that window have no South Carolina market and make no claim about South Carolina's drought. Each USDM release covers the seven-day period ending Tuesday at 8:00 AM ET and is published the following Thursday. Resolution is based on the first published US Drought Monitor release for the listed week. Subsequent revisions will not be considered; the first published release is final. The resolution source for this market is the US Drought Monitor at droughtmonitor.unl.edu.
Official listing: polymarket.com/event/state-d4-drought-2026-09-01
The Yes price read as a chance. A share at 21.5¢ implies 21.5%, but fees, available depth and who participates can affect that price. A market price is not a calibrated forecast or a verdict.
Dollar value of shares that changed hands in the last 24 hours. High volume means the price is being tested by real money; low volume means a few trades can move it.
Reported dollars resting in the order book. The available size on your side, at the prices you would accept, determines what can fill. A large total alone does not guarantee an execution near the quoted price.
The gap between the best bid and the best ask. A tight spread makes entry and exit cheap; a wide spread is a cost paid on every round trip.
The wallets holding the most shares on each side, and how much of the loaded sample the largest ten control. Concentration shows whether a market is a crowd or a handful of large positions.
The public fills, newest first: which wallet bought or sold which outcome, at what price, and when. It is the market's own diary, and every wallet on it links to a trader profile.
Observed closes of the Yes price over the market's life. The range shows how sure or split the crowd has been; the move shows which way it has been changing its mind.
Trading stops at the close time. The outcome is then settled by the resolution source named in the rules. A closed market is not resolved until the venue reports it, so the two states are shown separately.
| 35 |
| scale2 | Yes | 20 |
| TENETENET | Yes | 10 |
| bjprolo | Yes | 8 |
| Weepy-Item | Yes | 5 |
| triklozoid | Yes | 5 |