USDA Designates 13 Texas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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 the refinance of certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.

State: Texas

Triggering Disaster: Winter storm, blizzard, snow, ice and high winds that occurred Feb. 10 - Feb. 19, 2021

Application Deadline: Dec. 23, 2021

Primary Counties Eligible:

Contiguous Counties also Eligible:

• Texas:

  Atacosa
  Bandera
  Bastrop
  Bell
  Brazos
  Brown
  Burnet
  Calhoun
  Coke
  Coleman
  Collin
  Colorado

  Comal
  Delta
  Eastland
  Erath
  Grayson
  Guadalupe
  Hamilton
  Hidalgo
  Hunt
  Jones
  Kendall
  Kenedy

  Kent
  Kimble
  Lamar
  Lavaca
  Lee
  McCulloch
  Mason
  Matagorda
  Medina
  Milam
  Mills
  Mitchell

  Robertson
  Schleicher
  Scurry
  Stonewall
  Sutton
  Taylor
  Tom Green
  Travis
  Victoria
  Washington
  Wharton
  Wilson

• Oklahoma: Bryan

For more information on FSA disaster assistance programs or to find your local USDA Service Center visit farmers.gov/recover.