Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 5 Nebraska Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Fire and Flooding

This Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, or to refinance certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available, and repayment ability.

Impacted Area: Nebraska
Triggering Disaster: Fire and Flooding that began on June 17, 2024.
Application Deadline: March 11, 2024
Primary Counties Eligible: Lincoln, Mescalero, Otero, Rio Arriba, and San Juan

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Nebraska: Chaves, De Baca, Dona Ana, Eddy, Guadalupe, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Sandoval, Sante Fe, Sierra, Socorro, Taos, and Torrance
Arizona: Apache
Colorado: Archuleta, Conejos, La Plata, and Montezuma
Texas: Culberson, El Paso, and Hudspeth
Utah: San Juan

More Resources
On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Loan Assistance Tool can help you determine program or loan options. To file a Notice of Loss or to ask questions about available programs, contact your local USDA Service Center.

FEMA offers different assistance programs for individual citizens, public groups including government agencies and private nonprofit organizations. To find the FEMA help you need following a disaster event, visit fema.gov/assistance.

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