FEMA designates 64 counties in Indiana as natural disaster areas

Sixty-four counties in Indiana, including Owen County, received Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) natural disaster designations due to severe storms in spring of 2025.

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.

There are three events which qualify:

1. Presidential Designation M4882:

Impacted Area: Indiana Triggering Disaster: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes and Flooding that occurred between March 30 through April 9, 2025. Application Deadline: March 23, 2026

Primary Counties Eligible:

Indiana: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Decatur, Floyd, Franklin, Greene, Harrison, Jefferson, Lawrence, Madison, Marshall, Martin, Montgomery, Morgan, Orange, Owen, Perry, Switzerland, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Washington and Union Counties.

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Kentucky: Boone, Breckinridge, Carroll, Daviess, Gallatin, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, and Trimble Counties.

Ohio: Butler, and Hamilton Counties.

2. Presidential Designation M4882, Amendment 1:

Impacted Area: Indiana Triggering Disaster: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes and Flooding that occurred between March 30 through April 9, 2025. Application Deadline: April 13, 2026 Primary Counties Eligible:

Indiana: Warren County.

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Illinois: Vermillion County.

Indiana: Benton, Fountain, Tippecanoe, and Vermillion Counties.

3. Presidential Designation M4882:

Impacted Area: Indiana

Triggering Disaster: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes and Flooding that occurred between March 30 through April 9, 2025. Application Deadline: April 21, 2026

Primary Counties Eligible:

Indiana: Clay County

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Indiana: Greene, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, and Vigo Counties

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.