Farmland Atlas · county record

Clinch County, Georgia

Clinch County, GA: land and buildings $4,072 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.11 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13065. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigation covers 61 percent of harvested cropland here, with 98 percent of that water drawn from groundwater. July nights average 72 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 70.8 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.64 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved down across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025: 18 percent, 9 percent, 3 percent, 2 percent, while freeze and frost remains the largest cause of losses at 42 percent over 1989-2025. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 195 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 52 weeks in 2011 alone and 14 weeks over 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$4,072/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 67th highest of 135
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
$18.36
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 19th highest of 85
Farmland rented
3%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · lowest of 138

Cash rent

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

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,072/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,710/ac
Census 2017$3,983/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+2.2%+0.4% 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

2011201620210.072.940.421.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$18.36
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.17claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.11$47.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 15
Worst year2017ratio 2.94
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 42% · wind 31% · excess moisture 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025285214

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, 2000–2025195 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202514 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.0 °F1991–2020 normal 70.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.64 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September29.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202261%
Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland70 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210140

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20223,934+197.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20223%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Clinch County——$4,072—$18.36
Baker County, FL——$8,182—$0.33
Columbia County, FL$35$129 2023$7,637—$20.09
Atkinson County$120$265$3,362—$18.64
Echols County$95—$3,971—$17.82
Lanier County$87—$4,152—$21.84
Ware County$83 2025—$3,041130.8$21.02
Median next door$91$265 1 co.$4,062130.8 1 co.$19.37

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Clinch 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/clinch-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.