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Muscogee County, Georgia

Muscogee County, GA: land and buildings $4,700 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13215. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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July average nightly low for 2017-2026 was 71 F, against a 1991-2020 normal of 70.5 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.18 F per decade with no clear direction. Drought weeks ran 285 of 1357 (21 percent) from 2000-2025, worst year 2012 with 52 weeks, and only 13 weeks in 2021-2025. Irrigated cropland share in 2022 stood at 14 percent, and solar operating capacity is 1.5 MW with no wind.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$4,700/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 51st 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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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$4,700/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,137/ac
Census 2017$5,003/ac
Change 2017 to 2022−6.1%−1.2% 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

200020052010201520202025485212

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, 2000–2025285 of 1,357 weeks21% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202513 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.0 °F1991–2020 normal 70.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.18 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 113% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202214%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 2022none reported

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20251.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Muscogee County—$4,700—
Lee County, AL$35$5,018$6.58
Russell County, AL$42$2,820$10.88
Chattahoochee County—$8,235—
Harris County—$4,181—
Talbot County—$2,460—
Median next door$38 2 co.$4,181$8.73 2 co.

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. Muscogee 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/muscogee-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.