Due to Excessive Heat 13 Oklahoma Counties are Contiguous Disaster Designations

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. 

Impacted Area: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas 

Triggering Disaster: Excessive Heat 

Incident Period: May 1, 2023 through September 30, 2022 

Application Deadline: September 13, 2023

Primary Counties Eligible: Texas- Anderson, Aransas, Armstrong, Austin, Baylor, Bee, Bexar, Brazos, Briscoe, Burleson, Calhoun. Carson, Castro, Chambers, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Coke, Collin, Colorado, Concho, Cooke, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Denton, DeWitt, Duval, Ector, Ellis, Fannin, Floyd, Foard, Gaines, 
Glasscock, Gray, Grayson, Grimes, Hansford, Hardeman, Hardin, Harris, Haskell, Hemphill, Hill Houston, Howard, Hutchinson, Jack, Jackson, Karnes, Kleberg, Lamar, Lamb, Leon, Liberty, Live Oak, Lynn, McMullen, Madison, Martin, Medina, Menard, Midland, Mitchell, Montgomery, Navarro, Nueces, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Robertson, San Patricio, Schleicher, Scurry, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Val Verde, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Wheeler, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Young

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
New Mexico: Curry, Lea, Quay, Roosevelt 
Oklahoma: Beckham, Bryan, Choctaw, Cotton, Ellis, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Love, Marshall, Roger Mills, Texas, Tillman
Texas: Andrews, Angelina, Archer, Atascosa, Bailey, Bandera, Borden, Bosque, Brazoria, Brooks, Cherokee, Coleman, Collingsworth, Comal, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Dallas, Delta, Dickens, Dimmit, Donley, Edwards, Falls, Fayette, Fisher, Fort Bend, Freestone, Frio, Galveston, Garza, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hale, Hall, Hartley, Henderson, Hockley, Hunt, Irion, Jasper, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Kaufman, Kendall, Kenedy, Kent, Kimble, King, Kinney, Knox, La Salle, Lavaca, Lee, Limestone, Lipscomb, Lubbock, McCulloch, McLennan, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, Milam, Montague, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Orange, Palo Pinto, Parker, Parmer, Polk, Reagan, Red River, Refugio, Rockwall, Runnels, San Jacinto, Shackelford, Sherman, Stephens, Swisher, Tarrant, Terrell, Trinity, Tyler, Upton, Uvalde, Ward, Wichita, Wilson, Winkler, Wise, Zapata, Zavala

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.