Farmland Atlas · county record

Leon County, Florida

Leon County, FL: land and buildings $7,248 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12073. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

Open on the map Compare Printable sheet

July nights in Leon County average 72.7 F for 2017-2026, up from a 1991-2020 normal of 71.5 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.59 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought drove 100 percent of crop insurance losses in 2000-2009, 77 percent in 2010-2019, and 4 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 65 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, and land value rose 69.9 percent from 2017 to 2022. Drought weeks fell from 39 in 2000 to 23 across all of 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
—
NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$7,248/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · 27th highest of 61
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
11%
2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 11th lowest of 62

Cash rent

Cash rent— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,248/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,501/ac
Census 2017$4,266/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+69.9%+11.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2024heat and drought 67% · wind 15% · excess moisture 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020253912

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, 2000–2025148 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200039 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202523 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.7 °F1991–2020 normal 71.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.59 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September31.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202265%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202217% of cropland2,051 ac
Cover crops, 202248% of cropland5,835 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102,6600

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202562 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20221,936−23.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202211%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Leon County——$7,248——
Gadsden County——$4,409—$14.23
Jefferson County$44 2025—$5,049—$11.45
Liberty County——$4,646——
Wakulla County——$9,146——
Grady County, GA$113$303$3,955149.6$8.85
Thomas County, GA$121$252$4,110123.9$10.20
Median next door$117 2 co.$278 2 co.$4,528136.8 2 co.$10.83

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. Leon 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/leon-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.