Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 21 North Dakota Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas; 43 Contiguous Counties Affected, Including 2 South Eastern Montana Counties.

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: North Dakota

Triggering Disaster: Flooding

Application Deadline: 03/05/2024 

Primary Counties Eligible: Barnes, Burke, Dickey, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grand Forks, Hettinger, LaMoure, McHenry, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Nelson, Pembina, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Steele, Towner, Walsh, and Wells 

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

North Dakota: Adams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, Divide, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Grant, Griggs, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, McKenzie, McLean, Oliver, Pierce, Ramsey, Renville, Rolette, Sheridan, Sioux, Slope, Stark, Stutsman, Traill, Ward, and Williams 

Montana: Fallon, and Wibaux 

South Dakota: Brown, McPherson, Marshall, and Roberts 

Minnesota: Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Polk, Traverse, and Wilkin 

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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