Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 1 New Hampshire County as Primary Natural Disaster Area Due to Severe Winter Storm 2024

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: New Hampshire and Vermont

Triggering Disaster: Severe Winter Storm that occurred April 03 – 05, 2024 

Application Deadline: March 25, 2025 

Primary Counties Eligible:  Grafton 

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

New Hampshire: Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Merrimack, and Sullivan

Vermont: Caledonia, Essex, Orange, and Windsor

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.