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.

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