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04/30/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/30/2026 15:06
USDA Designates 132 Texas Counties as Natural Disaster Areas
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 8 or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional.
Impacted Area: Texas
Triggering Disaster: Drought (Fast-Track)
Application Deadline: December 10, 2026
Primary Counties Eligible:
| Anderson | Angelina | Aransas | Atascosa | Austin |
| Bandera | Bastrop | Baylor | Bee | Bell |
| Bexar | Blanco | Borden | Bowie | Brazoria |
| Brazos | Brewster | Brooks | Brown | Burleson |
| Burnet | Caldwell | Calhoun | Cameron | Camp |
| Cass | Chambers | Cherokee | Coleman | Colorado |
| Comal | Crosby | Culberson | Dawson | Delta |
| DeWitt | Dickens | Dimmit | Duval | Fannin |
| Fayette | Floyd | Foard | Fort Bend | Franklin |
| Frio | Gaines | Galveston | Garza | Gillespie |
| Goliad | Gonzales | Grimes | Guadalupe | Hardin |
| Harris | Hays | Hidalgo | Hopkins | Houston |
| Hudspeth | Hunt | Jackson | Jasper | Jeff Davis |
| Jim Hogg | Jim Wells | Karnes | Kendall | Kenedy |
| Kerr | Kinney | Kleberg | Lamar | La Salle |
| Lavaca | Lee | Leon | Liberty | Live Oak |
| Llano | Lubbock | Lynn | McMullen | Madison |
| Marion | Matagorda | Maverick | Medina | Milam |
| Montgomery | Morris | Motley | Nacogdoches | Nueces |
| Panola | Pecos | Polk | Presidio | Rains |
| Red River | Reeves | Refugio | Robertson | Rusk |
| Savine | San Augustine | San Jacinto | San Patricio | Shelby |
| Starr | Terrell | Terry | Titus | Travis |
| Trinity | Tyler | Upshur | Uvalde | Val Verde |
| Victoria | Waller | Washington | Webb | Wharton |
| Wilbarger | Willacy | Williamson | Wilson | Wood |
| Zapata | Zavala |
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
| Andrews | Archer | Briscoe | Callahan | Cochran |
| Collin | Comanche | Concho | Coryell | Cottle |
| Crane | Crockett | Eastland | Edwards | El Paso |
| Falls | Freestone | Grayson | Gregg | Hale |
| Hall | Hardeman | Harrison | Haskell | Henderson |
| Hockley | Howard | Jefferson | Kaufman | Kent |
| Kimble | King | Knox | Lamb | Lampasas |
| Limestone | Loving | McCulloch | McLennan | Martin |
| Mason | Mills | Mitchell | Newton | Orange |
| Real | Rockwall | Runnels | San Saba | Scurry |
| Smith | Stonewall | Sutton | Swisher | Taylor |
| Throckmorton | Van Zandt | Walker | Ward | Wichita |
| Yoakum | Young |
- Arkansas: Little River and Miller
- Louisiana: Caddo, De Soto, and Sabine
- New Mexico: Eddy, Lea, and Otero
- Oklahoma: Choctaw, Jackson, McCurtain, and Tillman
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.
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