USDA Designates One Oklahoma County 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: February 24, 2025

Impacted Area: Oklahoma

Primary Counties Eligible: Beaver

Contiguous Counties Eligible:
Oklahoma: Ellis, Harper, Texas
Kansas: Clark, Meade, Seward
Texas: Lipscomb, Ochiltree

Triggering Disaster 2:Drought

Application Deadline: February 26, 2025

Impacted Area: Kansas

Primary Counties Eligible: Haskell, Seward

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Kansas: Finney, Grant, Gray, Kearny, Meade, Stevens

Oklahoma: Beaver, Texas

Triggering Disaster 3:Drought

Application Deadline: February 24, 2025

Impacted Area:Kansas

Primary Counties Eligible:Meade, Sedgwick

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Kansas: Butler, Clark, Cowley, Ford, Gray, Harvey, Haskell, Kingman, Reno, Seward, Sumner

Oklahoma: Beaver

More Resources

On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and LoanAssistance 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.

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