Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 7 Illinois Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

INDIANAPOLIS, OCT. 25, 2024 - This Presidential disaster declaration allows USDA's 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: Illinois

Triggering Disaster: Severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding that occurred July 13 through July 16, 2024.

Application Deadline: May 20, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Cook, Fulton, Henry, St. Clair, Washington, Will and Winnebago

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Illinois: Boone, Bureau, Clinton, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Jefferson, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, McDonough, McHenry, Madison, Marion, Mason, Mercer, Monroe, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Randolph, Rock Island, Schuyler, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Warren, and Whiteside

Indiana: Lake

Missouri: St. Louis and St. Louis

Wisconsin: Green and Rock

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.