Farmland Atlas · county record

Nassau County, Florida

Nassau County, FL: land and buildings $4,919 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value here runs $4,919 per acre, up 31.4 percent from 2017-2022, or 5.6 percent a year. Crop insurance indemnities from 2012-2024 total $507,266, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 52 percent; heat and drought made up 11 percent of indemnities in 2010-2019 and 0 percent in 2020-2025. The July nightly low averaged 72.3 F in the 1991-2020 normal and 73.4 F in 2017-2026, part of a warming trend of 0.52 F per decade since 1976. Drought has been light lately: 1 week in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 157 of 1357 weeks countywide since 2000. Irrigation covers 4 percent of harvested cropland, drawn entirely from groundwater as of 2015.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$4,919/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · 17th lowest of 61
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
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
4%
2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 3rd lowest of 62

Cash rent

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

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,919/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,786/ac
Census 2017$3,744/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+31.4%+5.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

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 2012. 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, 2012–2024excess moisture 52% · wind 33% · price decline (revenue policies) 11%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202522521

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, 2000–2025157 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20251 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.4 °F1991–2020 normal 72.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.52 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September32.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Drained by tile, 20227% of cropland222 ac
Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland11 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 2025149 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20224,736−25.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20224%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyLand valueClaims per $100
Nassau County$4,919—
Baker County$8,182$0.33
Duval County$13,486—
Camden County, GA$3,536—
Charlton County, GA$3,119—
Median next door$5,859$0.33 1 co.

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. Nassau 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/nassau-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.