Farmland Atlas · county record

Harris County, Georgia

Harris County, GA: land and buildings $4,181 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13145. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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The county spent 304 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse during 2000-2025, or 22.4 percent of that span, with 2012 reaching 52 weeks; the 2021-2025 period added 15 more such weeks. The July average nightly low ran 70.1 F during 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.4 F, with a warming trend of 0.32 F per decade since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$4,181/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 63rd 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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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
13%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 19th lowest of 138

Cash rent

Cash rent— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,181/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,802/ac
Census 2017$4,322/ac
Change 2017 to 2022−3.3%−0.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2015. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025485215

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, 2000–2025304 of 1,357 weeks22% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202515 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.1 °F1991–2020 normal 69.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.32 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 112% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 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
Farmed no-till, 20221% of cropland44 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland556 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202123718161

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

CRP enrolled, 2025161 ac4.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$36/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20254.4 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20223,012−24.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202213%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Harris County—$4,181—
Chambers County, AL$28$3,446—
Lee County, AL$35$5,018$6.58
Meriwether County$44$4,592$38.71
Muscogee County—$4,700—
Talbot County—$2,460—
Troup County—$5,029—
Median next door$35$4,646$22.65 2 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. Harris 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/harris-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.