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USDA Designates 86 Texas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for Drought

Emergency Designation
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Texas
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Release Date
March 27, 2025

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.

Impacted Area: Texas

Triggering Disaster: Drought (Fast-Track)

Application Deadline: November 24, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible:

ArcherAtascosaBanderaBastropBaylor
BeeBellBexarBlancoBrewster
BriscoeBurnetCaldwellChildressClay
CollingsworthComalCookeCoryellCottle
CraneCrockettCulbersonDickensDimmit
DonleyEdwardsEl PasoFanninFoard
FrioGillespieGoliadGonzalesGrayson
GuadalupeHallHardemanHaysHudspeth
JackJeff DavisJim WellsKarnesKendall
KerrKimbleKingKinneyKnox
LamarLampasasLaSalleLeeLive Oak
LlanoLovingMcCullochMcLennanMcMullen
MasonMaverickMedinaMilamMontague
MotleyPecosPresidioRealRed River
ReevesSan PatricioSan SabaTerrellTravis
UptonUvaldeVal VerdeWardWichita
WilbargerWilliamsonWilsonWinklerYoung
Zapata    

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
 

AndrewsAransasArmstrongBosqueBowie
BrooksBrownBurlesonCarsonColeman
CollinConchoCrosbyDeltaDenton
DeWittDuvalEctorFallsFayette
FloydFranklinGarzaGlasscockGray
HamiltonHaskellHillHuntIrion
KentKlebergLavacaLimestoneMenard
MidlandMillsMorrisNuecesPalo Pinto
ParkerReaganRefugioRobertsonSchleicher
StephensStonewallSuttonSwisherThrockmorton
TitusVictoriaWashingtonWebbWheeler
Wise    

New Mexico: Dona Ana, Eddy, Lea, and Otero
Oklahoma: Beckham, Bryan, Choctaw, Cotton, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Love, Marshall, McCurtain, and Tillman

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.

Farm Service Agency:

1400 Independence Ave. 
SW Washington, DC 20250 
 

Contact:

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