Farmland Atlas · county record

McIntosh County, Georgia

McIntosh County, GA: land and buildings $2,056 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13191. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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

Crop insurance indemnities for 2023-2025 closed crop years total $505,070, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 63 percent. Heat and drought share of indemnities 2020-2025 is 0 percent, and severe drought weeks fell to 3 in 2021-2025 from 147 of 1357 weeks in 2000-2025, with 2011 the worst year at 43 weeks. The July average nightly low sits at 74 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 73.3 F, with a warming trend of 0.41 F per decade since 1976. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$2,056/ac
2022 census · read with care: fell 13% from 2017 while next door rose a median 46%
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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under the premium floor for a figure
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$2,056/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,581/ac
Census 2017$2,372/ac
Read with care— the 2022 census value fell 13% from 2017 while the 4 counties next door rose a median 46%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2021. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Largest causes of loss, 2023–2025excess moisture 63% · freeze 37% · heat and drought 0%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202518432

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, 2000–2025147 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201143 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20253 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.0 °F1991–2020 normal 73.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.41 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September29.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 104% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 2022under 1% of cropland12 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland47 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
McIntosh County—$2,056—
Glynn County—$32,706—
Liberty County—$3,406—
Long County—$4,019—
Wayne County$76$3,579$13.77
Median next door$76 1 co.$3,799$13.77 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. McIntosh 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/mcintosh-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.