Wilkes County, Georgia
Wilkes County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $24 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,614 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13317. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Wilkes County runs $24 per acre in 2026, up 9.3 percent from 2016. July nights average 70.9 F for 2017-2026, against a 69.7 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.47 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance indemnities from 1995-2025 total $341,598, with heat and drought the largest cause at 68 percent, a share that holds steady at 68 percent for 2020-2025. Drought weeks at severe level or worse ran 301 of 1357 from 2000-2025, worst year 2008 with 53 weeks, but only 7 weeks from 2021-2025. Solar and wind operating and proposed both stand at 0 MW.
GA median $58 · 3rd lowest of 103
GA median $4,057 · 52nd lowest of 135
GA median 24% · 43rd highest of 138
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkes County | $24 | $3,614 | — |
| Elbert County | $37 | $4,492 | — |
| Lincoln County | $23 | $3,791 | — |
| McDuffie County | $78 | $2,810 | — |
| Oglethorpe County | $34 | $5,655 | — |
| Taliaferro County | $58 | $4,828 | — |
| Warren County | $21 2023 | $2,933 | $11.14 |
| Median next door | $37 | $4,142 | $11.14 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. Wilkes 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/wilkes-countyEvery 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.