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03/17/2026 | Press release | Archived content

Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 54 Parishes in Arkansas as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Winter Storm

Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 54 Parishes in Arkansas as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Winter Storm

Administrators Physical Loss Notification N1932 - AR


AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

This Administrator's Physical Loss Notification 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: Arkansas

Triggering Disaster: Severe Winter Storm January 23, 2026, through February 6, 2026

Application Deadline: November 16, 2026

Primary Counties Eligible:

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Arkansas:

Arkansas

Dallas

Little River

Polk

Ashley

Drew

Logan

Pope

Baxter

Faulkner

Lonoke

Pulaski

Benton

Franklin

Madison

Saline

Boone

Garland

Marion

Scott

Bradley

Grant

Miller

Sebastian

Calhoun

Hempstead

Montgomery

Sevier

Carroll

Hot Spring

Nevada

Stone

Clark

Howard

Newton

Union

Cleburne

Izard

Ouachita

Van Buren

Cleveland

Jefferson

Perry

Washington

Columbia

Johnson

Phillips

White

Conway

Lafayette

Pike

Yell

Crawford

Lincoln

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Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

  • Arkansas: Chicot, Desha, Fulton, Independence, Jackson, Lee, Monroe, Prairie, Searcy, Sharp, Woodruff

  • Louisiana: Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Morehouse, Union, Webster

  • Mississippi: Bolivar, Coahoma, Tunica

  • Missouri: Barry, McDonald, Ozark, Stone, Taney
  • Oklahoma: Adair, Delaware, LeFlore, McCurtain, Sequoyah

  • Texas: Bowie, Cass

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.


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