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Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 39 Counties in Arkansas as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Emergency Designation
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Louisiana
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Release Date
August 25, 2025

Three Louisiana Parishes 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: Arkansas

Triggering Disaster: Severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding occurring April 2, 2025, and April 22, 2025.

Application Deadline: January 21, 2026

Primary Counties Eligible:

Clark

Clay

Craighead

Crittenden

Cross

Dallas

Desha

Fulton

Greene

Hempstead

Hot Spring

Izard

Jackson

Lafayette

Lawrence

Lee

Little River

Lonoke

Marion

Miller

Monroe

Montgomery

Nevada

Newton

Ouachita

Pike

Poinsett

Prairie

Pulaski

Randolph

St. Franics

Saline

Scott

Searcy

Sevier

Sharp

Stone

White

Woodruff

 

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Arkansas

Baxter

Boone

Calhoun

Carroll

Chicot

Cleburne

Cleveland

Columbia

Drew

Faulkner

Garland

Grant

Howard

Independence

Jefferson

Johnson

Lincoln

Logan

Madison

Mississippi

Perry

Phillips

Polk

Pope

Sebastian

Union

Van Buren

Yell

 

Louisiana: Bossier, Caddo, and Webster

Mississippi: Bolivar, DeSoto, and Tunica

Missouri: Butler, Dunklin, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Ripley, and Taney

Oklahoma: Le Flore and McCurtain

Tennessee: Shelby and Tipton

Texas: Bowie and Cass

More Resources

On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery ToolDisaster 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.

Farm Service Agency:

1400 Independence Ave. 
SW Washington, DC 20250 
 

Contact:

FPAC Press Desk
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov