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Delaware property lines map

Look up property lines and lot boundaries in Delaware. Coverage is 451,104 lots across 3 counties, covering 1,203,840 mapped acres. 81,955 of those lots are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Delaware received $25.6 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 934 recipients. 5,848 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Netherlands. Crop insurance paid $9.5 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.

3
Counties
451,104
Lots mapped
1,203,840
Acres
81,955
Institutional

Largest landowners in Delaware

Largest institutional landowners by acreage in Delaware
OwnerParcelsAcres
DELAWARE STATE OF95463,847
STATE OF DELAWARE1,02031,898
DELAWARE WILD LANDS INC6815,721
SUSSEX COUNTY3586,108
NEW CASTLE COUNTY5145,898
DELAWARE, STATE OF, DNREC384,975
DELAWARE CITY REFINING COMPANY LLC223,838
WHEATLEY FARMS INC323,722
DELAWARE WILDLANDS, INC.23,403
MOUNTAIRE FARMS OF DELAWARE INC363,048

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

Federal farm payments in Delaware

$25.6M
Paid in 2025
934
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Delaware, 2025
ProgramPaid
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$11.8M
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$6.1M
Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$4.5M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$2.4M
CRP Payment - Annual Rental$476K
Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops$199K

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

Foreign-held farmland in Delaware

5,848
Acres disclosed
17
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Delaware, 2024
CountryAcres
Netherlands3,814
Israel547
Switzerland316
Canada311
Germany281
Italy260

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 Delaware

1,412
Policies
309,646
Insured acres
$9.5M
Claims paid
0.79
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Delaware, 2024
CropClaims
Corn$4.7M
Soybeans$3.6M
Wheat$531K
Processing Beans$382K
All Other Crops$127K

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

Conservation and the power grid

2,816
CRP acres, 2025
169
Substations
2
345 kV and up
500 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 Delaware ranked by federal farm payments
CountyPaid
Sussex County$14.1M
Kent County$9.7M
New Castle County$1.8M

Counties with the most foreign-held farmland

Counties in Delaware ranked by foreign-held agricultural acres
CountyAcres
New Castle County4,371
Kent County930
Sussex County547

Delaware property lines by county

  • Kent County83,007
  • New Castle County203,809
  • Sussex County164,288