Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates Nine Oklahoma Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Nine Texas Counties Also Eligible for Assistance

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: Oklahoma

Triggering Disaster 1: Severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding beginning May 19, 2024, through May 28, 2024.

Application Deadline: February 14, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Delaware, Jackson, Mayes, Muskogee, and Rogers

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Adair	Beckman	Canadian	Cherokee	Comanche
Craig	Dewey	Grady	Greer	Harmon
Haskell	Kingfisher	Kiowa	McIntosh	Major
Nowata	Okmulgee	Ottawa	Roger Mills	Sequoyah
Tillman	Tulsa	Wagoner	Washington	Washita

Arkansas: Benton

Missouri: McDonald

Texas: Hardeman and Wilbarger

Triggering Disaster 2: Severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding beginning May 19, 2024, through May 28, 2024.

Application Deadline: February 17, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Roger Mills and Woods

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Alfalfa, Beckman, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Major, Woodward

Kansas: Barber and Comanche

Texas: Hemphill and Wheeler

Triggering Disaster 3: Severe storms

Application Deadline: March 24, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Chickasaw

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Bryan	Canadian	Carter	Cleveland	Coal
Garvin	Grady	Hughes	Jefferson	Johnston
Love	McClain	Marshall	Murray	Pontotoc
Pottawatomie	Seminole	Stephens

Texas: Clay, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, and Montague

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.