 The counties of York and Chester may not be far behind. All 46 counties were upgraded to some level of drought after Tuesday's South Carolina Drought Response Committee conference call. Of the 10 counties listed as incipient, which is the first of the four severity levels, York makes the list. Chester falls in the grouping of 21 in the next level of moderate. And Lancaster falls in a region that includes 15 counties, that is at the third level called severe drought.