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Wheeler County, Georgia

Wheeler County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $63 an acre (2013); land and buildings $3,641 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13309. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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

Wheeler County land and buildings were valued at $3,641 per acre in 2022, up 99.1 percent from 2017, or 14.8 percent a year. Non-irrigated cash rent stood at $63 per acre in 2013, and irrigated cash rent reached $174 per acre in 2009. Groundwater supplied 64 percent of irrigation water in 2015, and the July nightly low has warmed at 0.41 F per decade since 1976, reaching a 2017-2026 average of 72.4 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 71.6 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$63/ac
2013 county average
too few 2013 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$174/ac
2009 county average
too few 2009 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,641/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$34.68
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24
Farmland rented
—
suppressed by NASS

Cash rent

$0$20$40$6020092010201120122013$43$63 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2013$63/ac
Irrigated, 2009$174/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,641/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,493/ac
Census 2017$1,829/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+99.1%+14.8% 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 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$34.68
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.90claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.61$23.6 million paid
Worst year2022ratio 1.28
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 34% · wind 27% · excess moisture 20%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025394

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, 2000–2025194 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201139 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.4 °F1991–2020 normal 71.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.41 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 114% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 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
Drained by tile, 20224% of cropland773 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland824 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212,54214,985326

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

CRP enrolled, 2025326 ac1.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028195 ac60% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$69/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20221,448+10.2% since 2017

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Wheeler County——$3,641$34.68
Dodge County$82$212$3,010$14.21
Jeff Davis County$111$224$3,127$18.64
Laurens County$48$187$2,459$15.82
Montgomery County$81—$3,312$14.09
Telfair County$59 2024—$2,451$23.77
Treutlen County$75—$2,356$18.61
Median next door$81$212$2,735$17.22

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. Wheeler 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/wheeler-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.