Farmland Atlas · county record

Clayton County, Georgia

Clayton County, GA: land and buildings $6,922 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13063. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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July nightly lows averaged 70.8 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.6 F, with a warming trend of 0.43 F per decade since 1976. The county logged 315 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse over 2000-2025, 23.2 percent of that span, with 2012 reaching 52 weeks; the 2021-2025 period accounts for 12 of those weeks.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land and buildings

$6,922/ac

2022 census · read with care: fell 17% from 2017 while next door rose a median 31%

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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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

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$6,922/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$5,573/ac

Census 2017$8,355/ac

Read with care— the 2022 census value fell 17% from 2017 while the 5 counties next door rose a median 31%. 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

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

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, 2000–2025315 of 1,357 weeks23% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.8 °F1991–2020 normal 69.6 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.43 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September25.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% 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, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms

Drained by tile, 2022none reported

Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland30 ac

Cover crops, 2022none reported

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value
Clayton County	—	$6,922
DeKalb County	—	$99,639
Fayette County	—	$10,668
Fulton County	—	$25,039
Henry County	—	$8,949
Spalding County	$27	$6,320
Median next door	$27 1 co.	$10,668

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. Clayton 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/clayton-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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