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Fulton County, Georgia

Fulton County, GA: land and buildings $25,039 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13121. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Fulton County had 9,150 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Land here carries a census value of $25,039 per acre, up 31.3 percent from 2017 to 2022, 5.6 percent a year. July nights average 70.4 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 69 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.53 F per decade, warming. Drought has held at 288 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2008 the worst year at 50 weeks, and only 15 weeks from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$25,039/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
5%
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$25,039/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,780/ac
Census 2017$19,063/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+31.3%+5.6% 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

20002005201020152020202545508

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, 2000–2025288 of 1,357 weeks21% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200850 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202515 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.4 °F1991–2020 normal 69.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.53 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202239%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202211% of cropland233 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland58 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102424

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

CRP enrolled, 202524 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20251 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022886−38.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20225%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand value
Fulton County—$25,039
Carroll County$36$6,433
Cherokee County$47$9,874
Clayton County—$6,922
Cobb County—$21,524
Coweta County$29$6,209
DeKalb County—$99,639
Douglas County—$7,432
Fayette County—$10,668
Forsyth County$47$12,514
Gwinnett County—$16,242
Median next door$41$10,271

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. Fulton 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/fulton-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.