USDA Designates 12 Oklahoma Counties as a Primary Natural Disaster Area

Seven Texas Counties Also Eligible for Assistance 

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

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, these counties suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of 1) D2 Drought-Severe for 8 or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional. 

Impacted Area: Oklahoma

Triggering Disaster: Drought (Fast Track) 

Application Deadline: November 25, 2024 

Primary Counties Eligible: Atoka, Beckham, Choctaw, Coal, Greer, Harmon, Hughes, Jackson, Osage, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, and Washington

 Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: 

 Kansas: Chautauqua, Cowley, and Montgomery

Texas: Childress, Collingsworth, Hardeman, Lamar, Red River, Wheeler, and Wilbarger 

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