Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 23 Texas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Hurricane Beryl

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: Texas

Triggering Disaster: Hurricane Beryl

Declaration Amendment 1

Application Deadline: March 12, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible:

Brazoria	Chambers	Galveston	Harris	Jackson
Jasper	Jefferson	Liberty	Matagorda	Montgomery
Orange	Polk	San Jacinto	Walker	Wharton

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Angelina	Austin	Calhoun	Colorado	Fort Bend
Grimes	Hardin	Houston	Lavaca	Madison
Newton	Sabine	San Augustine	Trinity	Tyler
Victoria	Waller

Declaration Amendment 2

Application Deadline: March 13, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Fort Bend

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Cherokee, Harris, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby, Waller, and Wharton

Declaration Amendment 3

Application Deadline: April 2, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Austin, Bowie, Shelby, Trinity, and Waller

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Angelina	Cass	Colorado	Fayette	Fort Bend
Grimes	Harris	Houston	Montgomery	Morris
Nacogdoches	Panola	Polk	Red River	Rusk
Sabine	San Augustine	San Jacinto	Walker	Washington
Wharton

Arkansas: Little River and Miller
Louisiana: De Soto and Sabine
Oklahoma: McCurtain

Declaration Amendment 4

Application Deadline: April 21, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Colorado

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Austin, Fayette, Jackson, Lavaca, and Wharton

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.