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Gulf County, Florida

Gulf County, FL: the public record carries few figures here. Each missing figure is shown with its reason. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12045. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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July nights average 73.6 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 72.7 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.44 F per decade, warming. Only 1 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated as of the 2022 census. Drought has touched at least 50 percent of the county in 130 of 1357 weeks between 2000-2025, with 2000 the worst year at 37 weeks, and 22 weeks fell in that category between 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates in Gulf County, and none is proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
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2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: land value suppressed for the census year
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
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suppressed by NASS

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022—/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,184/ac
Census 2017$1,435/ac
Dry rent ÷ census value— land value suppressed for the census year

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2013. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020253712

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025130 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200037 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202522 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.6 °F1991–2020 normal 72.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.44 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September33.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 115% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 2022under 1% of cropland3 ac
Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland3 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202107878

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 202578 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20221,390+5.3% since 2017

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Gulf County———
Bay County—$5,992—
Calhoun County$54 2024$4,502$25.92
Franklin County—$6,207—
Liberty County—$4,646—
Median next door—$5,319$25.92 1 co.

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Gulf 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/gulf-county
Every 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.