WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated seven more Kansas counties as primary natural disaster areas because of the drought. These are Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick, Wilson and Woodson counties.
They join 70 other counties who have already earned this title this year. Farmers and ranchers in these 70 counties and adjacent counties qualify emergency loan. Find your county in the table below.
The USDA uses the US Drought Monitor to see which counties have the most intense drought. The current US Drought Monitor map shows that every county in Kansas has cause for concern.
In the map below, deep red indicates areas of exceptional drought. It covers 33.42% of the state. The red, 24.84% of the state, indicates extreme drought. Orange means severe drought. It covers 21.05% of Kansas. Tan shows moderate drought in 13.25% of the state. And the yellow in north-central Kansas represents unusually dry. It covers 7.44% of the state. The US Drought Monitor uses white to indicate that there is no dryness or drought.
Click through the slideshow above to see the US Drought Monitor maps for last month, last year, five years ago, and 10 years ago.
The USDA Farm Service Agency’s emergency loans can be used for drought-response needs such as animal equipment, refinancing of certain debts, and restructuring.
In considering the loans, the FSA will consider the extent of the losses, the collateral available and an agricultural producer’s ability to repay.
The following table shows the dates when the USDA designated counties as primary natural disaster areas or as contiguous counties. The last column of the table represents the application deadline.
Primary natural disaster areas:
district | Date set as the primary county | Dates referred to as contiguous county | application deadline |
everyone | 27 Oct | 19 Sep | May 8, 2023 |
Anderson | – | 27 Oct | May 8, 2023 |
Atchison | – | – | – |
barber | 26th of April | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
Barton | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
bourbon | 27 Oct | Aug 31, Sept 19 | May 8, 2023 |
Brown | – | – | – |
servant | 27 Oct | Apr 26, Oct 11, Oct 27 | May 9, 2023 |
chase | – | 27 Oct | May 8, 2023 |
Chautauqua | 26th of April | 11 Oct | April 24, 2023 |
Cherokee | August 31st | 26th of April | April 3, 2023 |
cheyenne | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
Clear | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
volume | April 28th | – | December 19, 2022 |
Cloud | April 28th | – | December 19, 2022 |
Coffee | – | 27 Oct | May 8, 2023 |
Comanches | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
Cowley | 26th of April | Oct 11, Oct 27 | May 8, 2023 |
Crawford | August 31st | April 26, Sept 19, Oct 27 | May 8, 2023 |
Decatur | 26th of April | April 28th | December 19, 2022 |
dickinson | April 28th | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
Doniphan | – | – | – |
Douglas | – | – | – |
Edwards | 26th of April | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
Moose | 11 Oct | April 26, October 27 | May 8, 2023 |
Ellis | 26th of April | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
Ellsworth | 26th of April | April 28, May 1 | December 22, 2022 |
Finney | 26th of April | May 1st, May 24th | January 6, 2023 |
ford | 26th of April | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
Franklin | – | – | – |
Geary | – | April 28th | December 19, 2022 |
Walk | 1st of May | April 26, May 24 | January 6, 2023 |
Graham | 1st of May | 04/26, 04/28 | December 22, 2022 |
Grant | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
Gray | 26th of April | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
Greely | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
green wood | – | Oct 11, Oct 27 | May 8, 2023 |
Hamilton | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
harpers | 26th of April | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
Harvey | 27 Oct | April 26, May 1, Oct 27 | May 9, 2023 |
haskell | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
Hodgeman | 1st of May | 26th of April | December 22, 2022 |
Jackson | – | – | – |
jefferson | – | – | – |
jewel | – | 04/26, 04/28 | December 19, 2022 |
Johnson | – | – | – |
Kearny | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
king man | 1st of May | April 26, October 27 | May 8, 2023 |
Kiowa | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
etiquette | 26th of April | Aug 31, Sept 19 | April 10, 2023 |
roadway | May 24th | April 26, May 1 | January 6, 2023 |
Leavenworth | – | – | – |
Lincoln | April 28th | April 26, May 1 | December 22, 2022 |
Lin | – | 27 Oct | May 8, 2023 |
logan | – | April 26, May 1 | December 22, 2022 |
Lyons | – | – | – |
Marion | – | April 28, May 1, Oct. 27, Oct. 27 | May 9, 2023 |
marshal | April 28th | – | December 19, 2022 |
McPherson | 1st of May | April 26, April 28, October 27 | May 9, 2023 |
meade | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
Miami | – | – | |
mitchell | April 28th | 26th of April | December 19, 2022 |
Montgomery | 26th of April | Sept 19, Oct 11, Oct 27 | May 8, 2023 |
Morris | – | April 28th | December 19, 2022 |
morton | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
Nemaha | – | April 28th | December 19, 2022 |
Neoscho | 19 Sep | April 26, August 31, October 27 | May 8, 2023 |
whoa | 1st of May | April 26, May 24 | January 6, 2023 |
Norton | April 28, June 23 | April 26, May 1 | January 31, 2023 |
Osage | – | – | – |
Osborne | 26th of April | April 28th | December 19, 2022 |
Ottawa | April 28th | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
deposit | 26th of April | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
Phillips | 23rd June | April 26th, April 28th, May 1st | January 31, 2023 |
Potawatomy | – | April 28th | December 19, 2022 |
Pratt | 26th of April | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
Rawlins | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
Reno | 26th of April | May 1, Oct 27, Oct 27 | May 9, 2023 |
republic | April 28th | – | December 19, 2022 |
rice | 26th of April | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
Riley | April 28th | – | December 19, 2022 |
towers | 26th of April | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
Hurry up | 26th of April | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
russell | 26th of April | April 28th | December 19, 2022 |
saline solution | 1st of May | 04/26, 04/28 | December 19, 2022 |
Scott | 26th of April | May 1st, May 24th | January 6, 2023 |
sedwick | 27 Oct | April 26, May 1, Oct 27 | May 9, 2023 |
Seward | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
shawnee | – | – | – |
Sheridan | 26th of April | April 28, May 1 | December 22, 2022 |
sherman | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
blacksmith | – | 26th of April | December 8, 2022 |
Stafford | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
Stanton | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
Stevens | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
Summer | 26th of April | May 1, Oct 27 | May 8, 2023 |
Thomas | 26th of April | 1st of May | December 22, 2022 |
Trego | 1st of May | 26th of April | December 22, 2022 |
Wabaunsee | – | April 28th | December 19, 2022 |
Wallace | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
Washington | April 28th | – | December 19, 2022 |
wichita | 26th of April | – | December 8, 2022 |
Wilson | 27 Oct | April 26, Sept 19, Oct 11 | May 8, 2023 |
woodson | 27 Oct | 19 Sep | May 8, 2023 |
Wyandotte | – | – | – |
The 13 Kansas counties that have not yet qualified for natural disaster emergency loans because of drought are Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lyon, Miami, Osage, Shawnee and Wyandotte.
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