Farmland Atlas · county record

Clarke County, Georgia

Clarke County, GA: land and buildings $19,535 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13059. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Clarke County had 4,485 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

July nights in Clarke County average 70.6 F for 2017-2026, up from a 1991-2020 normal of 69.2 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.52 F per decade, warming. Drought was frequent earlier in the record, with 301 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025 and 53 weeks in the worst year, 2008, but only 15 weeks from 2021-2025. Crop insurance indemnities from 1995-2024 totaled $177,761, with heat and drought the largest cause at 29 percent overall and 48 percent of indemnities from 2020-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land and buildings

$19,535/ac

2022 census · read with care: rose 153% from 2017 while next door rose a median 28%

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

2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24%

Cash rent

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

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$19,535/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$5,648/ac

Census 2017$7,735/ac

Read with care— the 2022 census value rose 153% from 2017 while the 4 counties next door rose a median 28%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

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 1995. 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, 1995–2024heat and drought 29% · other 23% · wind 20%share of dollars paid

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, 2000–2025301 of 1,357 weeks22% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200853 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202515 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.6 °F1991–2020 normal 69.2 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.52 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September25.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 112% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202219%

Drained by tile, 2022none reported

Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland49 ac

Cover crops, 20225% of cropland59 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 2025338 ac37.1% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$34/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Cattle and calves, 2022702−53.1% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 20228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value
Clarke County	—	$19,535
Jackson County	$32 2024	$8,356
Madison County	$36	$7,085
Oconee County	$35 2025	$6,873
Oglethorpe County	$34	$5,655
Median next door	$35 2 co.	$6,979

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. Clarke County, Georgia. 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/georgia/clarke-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.

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