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 eight or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional. 

Triggering Disaster: Drought

Application Deadline: February 24, 2025 

Impacted Area: Oklahoma 

Primary Counties Eligible: Beaver 

Contiguous Counties Eligible:
Oklahoma: Ellis, Harper, Texas
Kansas: Clark, Meade, Seward
Texas: Lipscomb, Ochiltree 

Triggering Disaster 2: Drought

Application Deadline: February 26, 2025 

Impacted Area: Kansas

Primary Counties Eligible: Haskell, Seward

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Kansas: Finney, Grant, Gray, Kearny, Meade, Stevens

Oklahoma: Beaver, Texas

Triggering Disaster 3: Drought

Application Deadline: February 24, 2025 

Impacted Area: Kansas

Primary Counties Eligible: Meade, Sedgwick

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Kansas: Butler, Clark, Cowley, Ford, Gray, Harvey, Haskell, Kingman, Reno, Seward, Sumner

Oklahoma: Beaver 

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.