Oklahoma Counties Designated as Natural Disaster Areas per the Federal Emergency Management Agency

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. 

Impacted Area: Texas and Oklahoma 

Triggering Disaster: Severe Winter Storm 

Application Deadline: December 8, 2023

Primary Counties Eligible: 
Texas: Anderson, Falls, Gillespie, Hopkins, Kerr, Kimble, Limestone, Red River

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Texas: Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bowie, Cherokee, Delta, Edwards, Franklin, Freestone, Henderson, Hill, Houston, Hunt, Kendall, Lamar, Leon, Llano, McLennan, Mason, Menard, Milam, Morris, Navarro, Rains, Real, Robertson, Schleicher, Sutton, Titus, Wood 

Oklahoma: Choctaw and McCurtain

Triggering Disaster 2: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes 

Application Deadline: December 26, 2023

Primary Counties Eligible: McClain and Pottawatomie

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Canadian, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Pontotoc, Seminole 

Triggering Disaster 3: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes 

Application Deadline: January 8, 2024

Primary Counties Eligible: Cleveland

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Canadian, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie

Triggering Disaster 2: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes occurring April 19-20, 2023 

Application Deadline: December 26, 2023

Primary Counties Eligible: McClain and Pottawatomie

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Canadian, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Pontotoc, Seminole

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.