Clay County, Florida
Clay County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $39 an acre (2016); land and buildings $6,932 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12019. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Clay County land and buildings were valued at $6,932 per acre in the 2022 census, up 21.1 percent from 2017, or 3.9 percent a year. Non-irrigated cash rent came in at $39 per acre in 2016. Only 7 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated in 2022, with 19 percent of that irrigation water drawn from groundwater in 2015. The July average nightly low ran 73.3 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 72.1 F, on a warming trend of 0.57 F per decade since 1976; severe drought touched the county in 146 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, though the 2021-2025 period recorded 0 such weeks.
too few 2016 county surveys in the state to compare
FL median $6,645 · 29th highest of 61
FL median 33% · 19th lowest of 62
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2002. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County | — | — | $6,932 | — |
| Baker County | — | — | $8,182 | $0.33 |
| Bradford County | $17 2025 | — | $6,042 | — |
| Duval County | — | — | $13,486 | — |
| Putnam County | — | — | $4,904 | $5.07 |
| St. Johns County | — | $271 2025 | $13,626 | $2.66 |
| Median next door | — | — | $8,182 | $2.66 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Clay County, Florida. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/florida/clay-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.