Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 16 Counties in Nebraska as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Major Storms in Summer 2024

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: Severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding occurring between June 20 and July 8, 2024

Application Deadline: May 26, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Boyd, Clay, Dakota, Dawson, Douglas, Fillmore, Holt, Howard, Lincoln, McPherson, Nance, Nemaha, Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Thomas and Washington

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Nebraska counties also eligible for assistance as contiguous counties: Adams, Antelope, Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cherry, Custer, Dixon, Dodge, Frontier, Garfield, Gosper, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Hayes, Hooker, Jefferson, Johnson, Keith, Keya Paha, Knox, Lancaster, Logan, Loup, Merrick, Morrill, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Platte, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Seward, Sherman, Sioux, Thayer, Thurston, Webster, Wheeler and York.

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.