USDA Announces New Drought Assistance, Designates Additional 218 Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

Primary counties and corresponding states designated as disaster areas Aug. 1

Arkansas

Benton

Washington

Georgia

Bartow

Cherokee

Cobb

Haralson

Paulding

Polk

Illinois

Adams

Bond

Boone

Brown

Calhoun

Carroll

Cass

Champaign

Christian

Clark

Clay

Clinton

Coles

Cumberland

De Witt

Douglas

Edgar

Effingham

Fayette

Ford

Fulton

Greene

Hancock

Henderson

Iroquois

Jasper

Jefferson

Jersey

Jo Daviess

La Salle

Lee

Livingston

Logan

Macon

Macoupin

Madison

Marion

Marshall

Mason

McDonough

McLean

Menard

Monroe

Montgomery

Morgan

Moultrie

Ogle

Peoria

Perry

Piatt

Randolph

Rock Island

Sangamon

Schuyler

Scott

Shelby

St. Clair

Stephenson

Tazewell

Vermilion

Warren

Washington

Wayne

Whiteside

Winnebago

Woodford

Indiana

Jackson

Warren

Iowa

Appanoose

Benton

Black Hawk

Boone

Bremer

Buchanan

Butler

Cedar

Clayton

Clinton

Davis

Delaware

Des Moines

Dubuque

Fayette

Grundy

Hamilton

Hardin

Henry

Iowa

Jackson

Jasper

Jefferson

Johnson

Jones

Keokuk

Lee

Linn

Lucas

Mahaska

Marion

Marshall

Monroe

Muscatine

Polk

Poweshiek

Scott

Story

Tama

Van Buren

Wapello

Wayne

Kansas

Atchison

Brown

Doniphan

Jackson

Mississippi

Marshall

Nebraska

Antelope

Arthur

Banner

Blaine

Brown

Buffalo

Box Butte

Cedar

Chase

Cherry

Cheyenne

Dawes

Dawson

Deuel

Dixon

Franklin

Garden

Garfield

Gosper

Grant

Hall

Harlan

Holt

Hooker

Kearney

Keith

Keya Paha

Kimball

Knox

Lincoln

Logan

Loup

Madison

McPherson

Morrill

Perkins

Phelps

Pierce

Platte

Rock

Scotts Bluff

Sheridan

Sioux

Stanton

Thomas

Wayne

Wheeler

Oklahoma

Adair

Cherokee

Delaware

Haskell

Mayes

McIntosh

Muskogee

Okmulgee

Rogers

Sequoyah

Tulsa

Wagoner

South Dakota

Bennett

Bon Homme

Butte

Charles Mix

Clay

Custer

Davison

Douglas

Fall River

Gregory

Haakon

Hanson

Hutchinson

Jackson

Lawrence

Lincoln

McCook

Meade

Pennington

Shannon

Todd

Tripp

Turner

Union

Yankton

Tennessee

Fayette

Haywood

Lauderdale

Wyoming

Albany

Campbell

Converse

Crook

Goshen

Niobrara

Platte

Weston