Farmland Atlas · county record

Hamilton County, Tennessee

Hamilton County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $29 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,551 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47065. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$29/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · 9th lowest of 87
Land and buildings
$8,551/ac
2022 census · read with care: fell 13% from 2017 while next door rose a median 30%
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: cropland is 28% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
21%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 23rd lowest of 94

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$37$29 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, 2026$29/ac
Change 2014 to 2026−5.0%nominal, $30 to $29
Pasture, 2026$27/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,551/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,654/ac
Census 2017$9,850/ac
Read with care— the 2022 census value fell 13% from 2017 while the 10 counties next door rose a median 30%. 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— 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 1995. 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, 1997–2025excess moisture 49% · heat and drought 42% · other 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202513463

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, 2000–2025176 of 1,357 weeks13% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200846 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202524 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.4 °F1991–2020 normal 67.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.50 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 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, 20222% of cropland340 ac
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland708 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland479 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210280

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202510.1 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20228,569−10.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202221%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Hamilton County$29$8,551——
Catoosa County, GA$35$8,374——
Dade County, GA$30$4,527——
Walker County, GA$40$5,860—$12.91
Whitfield County, GA$28$6,983——
Bledsoe County$80$4,089—$25.41
Bradley County$38$8,324—$23.58
Marion County$59$5,249164.4$7.62
Meigs County$25$5,327—$17.41
Rhea County$26$5,301—$18.74
Sequatchie County$49 2025$4,508—$17.98
Median next door$35$5,314164.4 1 co.$17.98

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. Hamilton County, Tennessee. 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/tennessee/hamilton-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.