Secretarial Disaster Designation S5941

On March 25, 2025, the Secretary of Agriculture approved a Secretarial Disaster Designation for fourteen Counties in Arkansas, due to drought that occurred from November 1, 2024, and continuing. The counties affected are listed below:

Secretarial Disaster Designation S5941:
Cause: Drought
Designation Date: March 25, 2025
Disaster Start Date: November 1, 2024
Disaster End Date: December 27, 2024
Last Day to Apply for EM Loan: November 25, 2025

Primary Counties in Arkansas:
Benton      Carroll          Madison         Ouachita     Union
Boone       Columbia     Montgomery   Polk             Washington
Calhoun    Howard        Newton           Scott

Contiguous Counties in Arkansas:
Ashley         Dallas            Johnson    Nevada    Sevier
Bradley        Franklin         Lafayette   Pike          Yell
Clark            Garland         Little          River         Pope
Cleveland    Hempstead    Logan       Searcy
Crawford      Hot Spring     Marion      Sebastian

Contiguous Counties in Adjacent States:
Louisiana
Claiborne    Morehouse    Union    Webster
Missouri
Barry    McDonald    Stone    Taney
Oklahoma
Adair    Delaware    LeFlore    McCurtain

Direct any questions regarding this to Casie Person, casie.person@usda.gov or 501-301-3041.