USDA Designates 28 Oklahoma Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for Drought

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: June 9, 2025

Impacted Area: Texas

Primary Counties Eligible: Briscoe, Collingsworth, Fannin, Motley

Contiguous Counties Eligible:
Oklahoma: Beckham, Bryan, Harmon
Texas: Armstrong, Childress, Collin, Cottle, Crosby, Delta, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Grayson, Hall, Hunt, King, Lamar, Swisher, Wheeler

Triggering Disaster 2: Drought

Application Deadline: June 9, 2025

Impacted Area: Oklahoma

Primary Counties Eligible:  Bryan, Craig, Jefferson, Logan, Mayes, Nowata, Pawnee, Payne, Rogers, Stephens

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Kansas: Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery
Oklahoma: Atoka, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Comanche, Cotton, Creek, Delaware, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Johnston, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Love, Marshall, Noble, Oklahoma, Osage, Ottawa, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington
Texas: Clay, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar, Montague

Triggering Disaster 3: Drought

Application Deadline: June 16, 2025

Impacted Area: Texas

Primary Counties Eligible: Grayson, Lamar

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: 
Oklahoma: Bryan, Choctaw, Love, Marshall
Texas: Collin, Cooke, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Red River

Triggering Disaster 4: Drought

Application Deadline: June 16, 2025

Impacted Area: Oklahoma

Primary Counties Eligible: Adair, Carter, Delaware, Grady, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Ottawa, Tulsa

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Arkansas: Benton, Crawford, Washington
Kansas: Cherokee
Missouri: McDonald, Newton
Oklahoma: Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Coal, Comanche, Craig, Creek, Garvin, Jefferson, McClain, Mayes, Murray, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Pontotoc, Rogers, Sequoyah, Stephens, Wagoner, Washington
Texas: Cooke, Grayson, Montague

Triggering Disaster 5: Drought

Application Deadline: June 16, 2025

Impacted Area: Kansas

Primary Counties Eligible: Cherokee, Labette

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Kansas: Crawford, Montgomery, Neosho
Missouri: Jasper, Newton
Oklahoma: Craig, Nowata, Ottawa

Triggering Disaster 6: Drought

Application Deadline: June 16, 2025

Impacted Area: Missouri

Primary Counties Eligible: Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone, Taney

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Arkansas: Benton, Boone, Carroll, Marion
Kansas: Cherokee, Crawford
Missouri: Cedar, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Ozark, Polk, Vernon
Oklahoma: Delaware, Ottawa

Triggering Disaster 7: Drought

Application Deadline: June 16, 2025

Impacted Area: Arkansas

Primary Counties Eligible: Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Washington

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Arkansas: Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Searcy 
Missouri: Barry, McDonald, Stone, Taney 
Oklahoma: Adair, Delaware

Triggering Disaster 8: Drought

Application Deadline: June 18, 2025

Impacted Area: Oklahoma

Primary Counties Eligible: Cherokee, Garvin, Grant, Kay, McCurtain, Murray, Pittsburg, Wagoner

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Arkansas: Little River, Polk, Sevier
Kansas: Cowley, Harper, Sumner
Oklahoma: Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Delaware, Garfield, Grady, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, Le Flore, McClain, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Noble, Okmulgee, Osage, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Rogers, Sequoyah, Stephens, Tulsa
Texas: Bowie, Red River

Triggering Disaster 9: Drought

Application Deadline: June 21, 2025

Impacted Area: Texas

Primary Counties Eligible: Baylor, Donely, Knox, Red River, Young

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Choctaw, McCurtain 
Texas: Archer, Armstrong, Bowie, Briscoe, Carson, Collingsworth, Delta, Foard, Franklin, Gray, Hall, Haskell, Jack, King, Lamar, Morris, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Titus, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger

Triggering Disaster 10: Drought

Application Deadline: June 23, 2025

Impacted Area: Kansas

Primary Counties Eligible: Cowley, Crawford

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Kansas: Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Elk, Labette, Neosho, Sedgwick, Sumner
Missouri: Barton, Jasper, Vernon
Oklahoma: Kay, Osage

Triggering Disaster 11: Drought

Application Deadline: June 16, 2025

Impacted Area: Texas

Primary Counties Eligible: Coryell, Delta, Grayson, Hill

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Bryan, Love, Marshall
Texas: Bell, Bosque, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Hamilton, Hopkins, Hunt, Johnson, Lamar, Lampasas, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro, Red River

Triggering Disaster 12: Drought

Application Deadline: June 30, 2025

Impacted Area: Oklahoma

Primary Counties Eligible: Ellis

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Beaver, Dewey, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward
Texas: Hemphill, Lipscomb 

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.