Farmland Atlas · county record

DeKalb County, Georgia

DeKalb County, GA: land and buildings $99,639 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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DeKalb County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Land value in DeKalb County was $99,639 per acre in the 2022 census, the operators' own estimate, not a sale price. That value changed 112.3 percent from 2017-2022, 16.2 percent a year. July nights average 70.5 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.2 F. The July nightly low has trended warming since 1976 at 0.49 F per decade, and 24 Julys since 1900 have averaged 70 F or above. Drought was rare in recent years: 14 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 287 of 1357 weeks (21.1 percent) for 2000-2025, with 2008 the worst year at 50 weeks.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$99,639/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057
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$99,639/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,858/ac
Census 2017$46,933/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+112.3%+16.2% 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

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

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202543507

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, 2000–2025287 of 1,357 weeks21% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200850 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202514 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.5 °F1991–2020 normal 69.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.49 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202217%
Tile drainage and tillage— cropland acres suppressed or not printed in the 2022 census

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20251.6 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022none reported

Next door

CountyLand value
DeKalb County$99,639
Clayton County$6,922
Fulton County$25,039
Gwinnett County$16,242
Henry County$8,949
Rockdale County$7,472
Median next door$8,949

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. DeKalb 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/dekalb-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.