Columbia County, Georgia
Columbia County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $26 an acre (2025); land and buildings $6,571 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13073. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Columbia County runs $26 per acre. Census value of land and buildings for 2022 stands at $6,571 per acre, with a change of 47.6 percent over 2017-2022, or 8.1 percent a year. On heat, the July average nightly low for 2017-2026 is 71.8 F, against a 1991-2020 normal of 70.5 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.51 F per decade, warming. On water, the county spent 251 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2012 the worst year at 52 weeks; from 2021-2025 that fell to 2 weeks. Solar operating capacity is 3.4 MW, with no wind operating and none proposed to EIA.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
GA median $4,057 · 28th highest of 135
GA median 24% · 53rd lowest of 138
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia County | $26 2025 | $6,571 | — |
| Lincoln County | $23 | $3,791 | — |
| McDuffie County | $78 | $2,810 | — |
| Richmond County | — | $4,332 | — |
| Edgefield County, SC | $26 2025 | $4,696 | $33.09 |
| McCormick County, SC | — | $3,216 | — |
| Median next door | $50 2 co. | $3,791 | $33.09 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. Columbia 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/columbia-countyEvery 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.