FSA - Farm Service Agency

04/26/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/26/2022 11:18

USDA Designates 58 California Counties as Primary 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 the refinance of 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:California

Triggering Disaster:Drought

Application Deadline:Dec. 8, 2022

Primary Counties Eligible:

Alameda Imperial Modoc San Diego Solano
Alpine Inyo Mono San Francisco Sonoma
Amador Kern Monterey San Joaquin Stanislaus
Butte Kings Napa San Luis Obispo Sutter
Calaveras Lake Nevada San Mateo Tehama
Colusa Lassen Orange Santa Barbara Trinity
Contra Costa Los Angeles Placer Santa Clara Tulare
Del Norte Madera Plumas Santa Cruz Tuolumne
El Dorado Marin Riverside Shasta Ventura
Fresno Mariposa Sacramento Sierra Yolo
Glenn Mendocino San Benito Siskiyou Yuba
Humboldt Merced San Bernardino

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Arizona: La Paz, Mohave, Yuma
Nevada: Carson City, Clark, Douglas, Esmeralda, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Washoe
Oregon: Curry, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake

More Resources
On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Farm Loan Discovery Toolcan 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.