Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 19 Oklahoma Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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: Oklahoma

Triggering Disaster: Severe storms, Straight-line winds, and tornadoes

Application Deadline: March 19, 2023

Primary Counties Eligible: Beaver, Cimarron, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Harper, Jefferson, Love, McCurtain, Major, Mayes, Payne, Pushmataha, Rogers, Stephens, Tulsa, Woodward

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Oklahoma: Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Caddo, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Latimer, Le Flore, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pittsburg, Texas, Tillman, Wagoner, Washington, Woods

Arkansas: Benton, Little River, Polk, Sevier

Colorado: Baca

Kansas: Cherokee, Clark, Comanche, Labette, Meade, Morton, Seward

Missouri: McDonald

New Mexico: Union

Texas: Bowie, Clay, Cooke, Dallam, Grayson, Lipscomb, Montague, Ochiltree, Red River, Sherman, Wichita

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.