FSA - Farm Service Agency
11/05/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/05/2024 08:04
USDA Designates 28 Oklahoma Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for Drought
This Secretarial natural disaster designation 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.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, these counties suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of 1) D2 Drought-Severe for eight or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional.
Triggering Disaster: Drought
Application Deadline: June 9, 2025
Impacted Area: Texas
Primary Counties Eligible: Briscoe, Collingsworth, Fannin, Motley
Contiguous Counties Eligible:
Oklahoma: Beckham, Bryan, Harmon
Texas: Armstrong, Childress, Collin, Cottle, Crosby, Delta, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Grayson, Hall, Hunt, King, Lamar, Swisher, Wheeler
Triggering Disaster 2: Drought
Application Deadline: June 9, 2025
Impacted Area: Oklahoma
Primary Counties Eligible: Bryan, Craig, Jefferson, Logan, Mayes, Nowata, Pawnee, Payne, Rogers, Stephens
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Kansas: Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery
Oklahoma: Atoka, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Comanche, Cotton, Creek, Delaware, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Johnston, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Love, Marshall, Noble, Oklahoma, Osage, Ottawa, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington
Texas: Clay, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar, Montague
Triggering Disaster 3: Drought
Application Deadline: June 16, 2025
Impacted Area: Texas
Primary Counties Eligible: Grayson, Lamar
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Bryan, Choctaw, Love, Marshall
Texas: Collin, Cooke, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Red River
Triggering Disaster 4: Drought
Application Deadline: June 16, 2025
Impacted Area: Oklahoma
Primary Counties Eligible: Adair, Carter, Delaware, Grady, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Ottawa, Tulsa
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Arkansas: Benton, Crawford, Washington
Kansas: Cherokee
Missouri: McDonald, Newton
Oklahoma: Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Coal, Comanche, Craig, Creek, Garvin, Jefferson, McClain, Mayes, Murray, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Pontotoc, Rogers, Sequoyah, Stephens, Wagoner, Washington
Texas: Cooke, Grayson, Montague
Triggering Disaster 5: Drought
Application Deadline: June 16, 2025
Impacted Area: Kansas
Primary Counties Eligible: Cherokee, Labette
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Kansas: Crawford, Montgomery, Neosho
Missouri: Jasper, Newton
Oklahoma: Craig, Nowata, Ottawa
Triggering Disaster 6: Drought
Application Deadline: June 16, 2025
Impacted Area: Missouri
Primary Counties Eligible: Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone, Taney
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Arkansas: Benton, Boone, Carroll, Marion
Kansas: Cherokee, Crawford
Missouri: Cedar, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Ozark, Polk, Vernon
Oklahoma: Delaware, Ottawa
Triggering Disaster 7: Drought
Application Deadline: June 16, 2025
Impacted Area: Arkansas
Primary Counties Eligible: Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Washington
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Arkansas: Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Searcy
Missouri: Barry, McDonald, Stone, Taney
Oklahoma: Adair, Delaware
Triggering Disaster 8: Drought
Application Deadline: June 18, 2025
Impacted Area: Oklahoma
Primary Counties Eligible: Cherokee, Garvin, Grant, Kay, McCurtain, Murray, Pittsburg, Wagoner
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Arkansas: Little River, Polk, Sevier
Kansas: Cowley, Harper, Sumner
Oklahoma: Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Delaware, Garfield, Grady, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, Le Flore, McClain, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Noble, Okmulgee, Osage, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Rogers, Sequoyah, Stephens, Tulsa
Texas: Bowie, Red River
Triggering Disaster 9: Drought
Application Deadline: June 21, 2025
Impacted Area: Texas
Primary Counties Eligible: Baylor, Donely, Knox, Red River, Young
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Choctaw, McCurtain
Texas: Archer, Armstrong, Bowie, Briscoe, Carson, Collingsworth, Delta, Foard, Franklin, Gray, Hall, Haskell, Jack, King, Lamar, Morris, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Titus, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger
Triggering Disaster 10: Drought
Application Deadline: June 23, 2025
Impacted Area: Kansas
Primary Counties Eligible: Cowley, Crawford
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Kansas: Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Elk, Labette, Neosho, Sedgwick, Sumner
Missouri: Barton, Jasper, Vernon
Oklahoma: Kay, Osage
Triggering Disaster 11: Drought
Application Deadline: June 16, 2025
Impacted Area: Texas
Primary Counties Eligible: Coryell, Delta, Grayson, Hill
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Bryan, Love, Marshall
Texas: Bell, Bosque, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Hamilton, Hopkins, Hunt, Johnson, Lamar, Lampasas, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro, Red River
Triggering Disaster 12: Drought
Application Deadline: June 30, 2025
Impacted Area: Oklahoma
Primary Counties Eligible: Ellis
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Beaver, Dewey, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward
Texas: Hemphill, Lipscomb
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.