Williamsburg County, South Carolina
Williamsburg County, SC: non-irrigated cash rent $40 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,941 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 105.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 45089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Williamsburg County runs $40 per acre, up 23.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigated land rents higher, at $56 per acre in 2025, though only 3 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated. Heat and drought drove 36 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, but that share has moved down across each decade listed: 48 percent in 1989-1999, 49 percent in 2000-2009, 38 percent in 2010-2019, and 25 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks tell a similar story: 84 of 1357 weeks since 2000 hit severe drought or worse, with just 5 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. July nights have warmed, averaging 71.7 F over 2017-2026 against a 70.8 F normal, on a long-term trend of 0.5 F per decade.
SC median $40 · 19th highest of 38
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
SC median $3,802 · 6th lowest of 46
SC median 119.2 · 5th lowest of 17
SC median $15.63 · 9th highest of 37
SC median 21% · 10th highest of 46
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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsburg County | $40 | $56 2025 | $2,941 | 105.0 | $23.25 |
| Berkeley County | $27 | — | $3,279 | 85.1 | $49.36 |
| Clarendon County | $54 | $150 2023 | $3,051 | 136.1 | $14.43 |
| Florence County | $47 | — | $3,382 | 103.3 | $24.01 |
| Georgetown County | $39 | — | $2,960 | — | $27.41 |
| Marion County | $64 | — | $2,868 | 121.6 | $22.55 |
| Median next door | $47 | — | $3,051 | 112.5 | $24.01 |
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. Williamsburg County, South Carolina. 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/south-carolina/williamsburg-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.