Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates Several Counties in Nebraska as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Winter Storms, Other Impacts in March

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. 

1. Triggering Presidential Designation M4868:

Impacted Area: Nebraska

Triggering Disaster: Severe Winter Storms and Straight-line Winds

Application Deadline: 1/21/2026

Primary Counties Eligible: 

• Nebraska: Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Hamilton, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nuckolls, Otoe, Platte, Polk, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Thayer, Thurston, Washington, Webster, York

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

• Nebraska: Adams, Antelope, Dakota, Dixon, Franklin, Gage, Greeley, Hall, Kearney, Madison, Merrick, Nance, Nemaha, Pawnee, Stanton, Wayne, Wheeler

• Iowa: Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Woodbury

• Kansas: Jewell, Republic, Smith, Washington

• Missouri: Atchison

   

   

2. Triggering Presidential Designation M4869:

Impacted Area: Kansas

Triggering Disaster: Severe Storms, Fires and Winter Storms

Application Deadline: 1/21/2026

Primary Counties Eligible: 

• Kansas: Barton, Chautauqua, Edwards, Elk, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Gray, Greeley, Hodgeman, Jewell, Lincoln, Logan, Ness, Norton, Osborne, Pawnee, Phillips, Rice, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Wallace, Woodson

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

• Colorado: Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers

• Kansas: Allen, Anderson, Butler, Cheyenne, Cloud, Coffey, Cowley, Decatur, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Greenwood, Hamilton, Haskell, Kiowa, Lane, McPherson, Meade, Mitchell, Montgomery, Neosho, Ottawa, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Saline, Scott, Thomas, Trego, Wichita, Wilson

• Nebraska: Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Nuckolls, Webster

• Oklahoma: Osage, Washington

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.