Non-Tribal Contiguous Lands and Counties Also Eligible; Designation Applies to 18 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: Muscogee Creek Nation
Triggering Disaster: Severe Winter Storm
Incident Period: Dec. 21, 2023 – Dec. 25. 2023
Application Deadline: Nov. 3, 2023
Primary Eligible Tribal Lands: Muscogee Creek Nation Tribal Lands within Creek, Hughes McIntosh Muskogee Okfuskee Okmulgee Tulsa, and Wagoner Counties.
Contiguous non-Tribal Lands and Counties Also Eligible: Non-Tribal Lands in Creek, Hughes McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa and Wagoner Counties as well as the contiguous counties of Lincoln, Mayes, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Rogers, and Seminole.
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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