USDA Designates Several New Jersey Counties as Natural Disaster Areas for 2025 Drought, Heat and Excessive Rain

These Secretarial natural disaster designations allow 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 Jersey

Triggering Disaster 1:Excessive Rain from May 15, 2025 - July 18, 2025

Application Deadline: April 26, 2027

Primary Counties Eligible:

• New Jersey: Burlington, Camden, Ocean

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

• New Jersey: Atlantic, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth

• Pennsylvania: Bucks
  

Triggering Disaster 2:Excessive Rain from May 1, 2025 - July 1, 2025

Application Deadline: April 26, 2027

Primary Counties Eligible:

• New Jersey: Morris, Sussex, Warren

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

• New Jersey: Essex, Hunterdon, Passaic, Somerset, Union

• New York: Orange

• Pennsylvania: Bucks, Monroe, Northampton, Pike
  

Triggering Disaster 3:Excessive Heat from June 15, 2025 - July 18, 2025

Application Deadline: April 26, 2027

Primary Counties Eligible:

• New Jersey: Burlington, Camden, Ocean

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

• New Jersey: Atlantic, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth

• Pennsylvania: Bucks, Philadelphia
  

Triggering Disaster 4:Drought from July 2, 2025 - August 30, 2025

Application Deadline: April 26, 2027

Primary Counties Eligible:

• New Jersey: Morris, Sussex, Warren

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

• New Jersey: Essex, Hunterdon, Passaic, Somerset, Union

• Pennsylvania: Bucks, Monroe, Northampton, Pike
  

Triggering Disaster 5:Drought from July 31, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Application Deadline: April 26, 2027

Primary Counties Eligible:

• New Jersey: Hunterdon, Somerset

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

• New Jersey: Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Union, Warren

• Pennsylvania: Bucks

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.