Farmland Atlas · county record

Chatham County, Georgia

Chatham County, GA: land and buildings $4,753 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13051. Figures as of 2026-10-06.

Chatham County had 7,742 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

n/a

county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land and buildings

$4,753/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057

Rent as % of land value

n/a

not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

n/a

NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

n/a

under the premium floor for a figure

Farmland rented

2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24%

Open on the map Compare Printable sheet Georgia cash rent by county ARC or PLC for 2026 and 2027

July nights average 74.3 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 73.2 F, and the trend since 1976 is 0.53 F per decade, warming. Land value fell 6.4 percent from 2017-2022, or 1.3 percent a year, with the 2022 census figure at $4,753 per acre. Irrigation covers 28 percent of harvested cropland. Drought weeks were 162 of 1357 (11.9 percent) from 2000-2025, with 2011 the worst year at 45 weeks, and only 9 weeks from 2021-2025. Solar operating is 2.2 MW, matching the 2.2 MW proposed to EIA; wind is 0 MW on both counts.

Cash rent

Every published Georgia county rate, side by side: Georgia cash rent by county.

Cash rentCounty not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,753/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$5,162/ac

Census 2017$5,078/ac

Change 2017 to 2022−6.4%−1.3% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census valueNASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yieldNASS 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 1995. 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.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025162 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201145 weeks

Last five years, 2021–20259 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.3 °F1991–2020 normal 73.2 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.53 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September29.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202228%

Drained by tile, 2022none reported

Farmed no-till, 2022none reported

Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland6 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac

Solar and wind operating, 20252.2 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 2022254

Farmland rented from others, 20227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Chatham County	n/a	$4,753	n/a
Bryan County	n/a	$3,570	$8.73
Effingham County	$32	$4,398	$13.29
Jasper County, SC	n/a	$4,579	$14.33
Median next door	$32 1 co.	$4,398	$13.29

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. Chatham County, Georgia. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/georgia/chatham-county

Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

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