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Look up property lines and lot boundaries in California. Coverage is 12,326,551 lots across 54 counties, covering 95,664,211 mapped acres. 899,512 of those lots are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in California received $1.1 billion in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 15,672 recipients. 1,485,723 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from United Kingdom. Crop insurance paid $985.9 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.

54
Counties
12,326,551
Lots mapped
95,664,211
Acres
899,512
Institutional

Largest landowners in California

Largest institutional landowners by acreage in California
OwnerParcelsAcres
STATE OF CALIFORNIA6,827723,635
CITY OF LOS ANGELES DWP1,409246,885
MENDOCINO REDWOOD COMPANY1,355229,739
CALIFORNIA STATE OF4,238186,616
STATE OF CA STATE LAND DIVN215147,310
REDWOOD TIMBER COMPANY LLC568123,795
SANDRIDGE PARTNERS LP946105,680
STATE OF CALIF1,56582,810
CITY OF SAN DIEGO2,34776,280
SIERRA PACIFIC LAND & TIMBER COMPANY38975,738

Companies, trusts and public agencies, by acres held under one name across California's county records. See the top 50

Federal farm payments in California

$1.1B
Paid in 2025
15,672
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in California, 2025
ProgramPaid
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$505M
Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish ELAP$374.1M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops$113.2M
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$66.1M
Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24$19.4M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$16.8M

USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county

Foreign-held farmland in California

1,485,723
Acres disclosed
1,859
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in California, 2024
CountryAcres
United Kingdom340,980
Canada192,182
Netherlands158,992
No predominant country code137,229
Japan112,014
France102,822

USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county

Crop insurance in California

28,287
Policies
30,402,550
Insured acres
$985.9M
Claims paid
1.34
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in California, 2024
CropClaims
Grapes$125.9M
Rice$123.8M
Almonds$119.9M
Pistachios$100.5M
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage$67.5M

USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.

Conservation and the power grid

81,978
CRP acres, 2025
3,523
Substations
43
345 kV and up
1,000 kV
Highest voltage

Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.

Counties with the most farm payments

Counties in California ranked by federal farm payments
CountyPaid
Merced County$118.3M
Fresno County$92.9M
San Joaquin County$91.3M
Stanislaus County$88.9M
Kern County$87.8M
Kings County$53.2M
Madera County$48.9M
Colusa County$41.4M

Counties with the most foreign-held farmland

Counties in California ranked by foreign-held agricultural acres
CountyAcres
Kern County189,518
Tehama County128,081
Siskiyou County119,146
Butte County102,067
Riverside County98,462
Fresno County73,713
Santa Barbara County68,013
San Luis Obispo County63,046

California property lines by county

  • Alameda County489,758
  • Alpine County3,047
  • Amador County24,405
  • Butte County95,856
  • Calaveras County43,664
  • Colusa County15,062
  • Contra Costa County381,595
  • Del Norte County16,181
  • El Dorado County119,759
  • Fresno County315,312
  • Glenn County14,923
  • Humboldt County72,718
  • Imperial County85,942
  • Inyo County15,968
  • Kern County421,684
  • Kings County52,537
  • Lake County63,858
  • Lassen County38,638
  • Los Angeles County2,432,567
  • Madera County65,736
  • Marin County96,232
  • Mariposa County14,298
  • Mendocino County62,051
  • Merced County91,156
  • Mono County20,477
  • Monterey County123,644
  • Napa County51,355
  • Nevada County64,381
  • Orange County702,986
  • Placer County199,545
  • Riverside County869,058
  • Sacramento County548,180
  • San Benito County26,162
  • San Bernardino County839,896
  • San Diego County1,089,701
  • San Francisco County235,071
  • San Joaquin County252,719
  • San Luis Obispo County132,461
  • San Mateo County235,344
  • Santa Barbara County132,504
  • Santa Clara County501,322
  • Santa Cruz County97,180
  • Shasta County97,110
  • Siskiyou County53,720
  • Solano County153,381
  • Sonoma County189,239
  • Stanislaus County168,712
  • Sutter County36,215
  • Tehama County43,095
  • Trinity County16,620
  • Tuolumne County43,589
  • Ventura County267,905
  • Yolo County66,143
  • Yuba County35,889