Brown County, Illinois property search
Search an address or an owner in Brown County, Illinois with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 5,615 lots are mapped here, covering 196,963 acres. 1,059 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Brown County received $6.3 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 557 recipients. 466 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Netherlands. Crop insurance paid $893,000 in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 5,615
- Lots mapped
- 196,963
- Acres
- 1,059
- Institutional
Land use in Brown County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Brown County, Illinois| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| 0021 | 1,839 | 106,264 |
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| 0040 | 1,682 | 1,955 |
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| 0011 | 1,068 | 80,051 |
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| 0030 | 357 | 434 |
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| 0090 | 255 | 7,556 |
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| 0060 | 249 | 369 |
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| 5020 | 7 | 110 |
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| 0065 | 4 | 218 |
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| 0032 | 2 | 7 |
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| 0027 | 1 | 1 |
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Largest landowners in Brown County
Largest landowners by acreage in Brown County, Illinois| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| IL DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF REALTY | 23 | 4,585 |
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| WIESE LAWRENCE FARMS INC | 26 | 2,355 |
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| SUGAR CREEK OUTFITTERS ILLINOIS III LLC | 13 | 1,911 |
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| FIVE M FARMS INC | 11 | 1,464 |
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| KERLEY PROPERTIES LLC | 25 | 1,357 |
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| TWIN HOLLOWS INC | 20 | 1,333 |
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| DECATUR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY | 14 | 1,324 |
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| CENTURION FARMS WEST LLC | 22 | 1,232 |
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| WAGNER FAMILY FARMS OF BROWN COUNTY LLC | 13 | 1,062 |
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| MALENICH FARMS LLC | 19 | 1,005 |
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Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in Illinois
Federal farm payments in Brown County
- $6.3M
- Paid in 2025
- 557
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Brown County, Illinois, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $2.8M |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $2.7M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $806K |
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| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based | $32K |
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| CRP - Continuous Pip | $16K |
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| Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24 | $7K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Brown County
- 466
- Acres disclosed
- 3
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Brown County, Illinois, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Netherlands | 466 |
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Largest disclosed holders
Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Brown County, Illinois| Holder (country) | Acres |
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| LHF Black Walnut (IL) LLC (NETHERLANDS) | 466 |
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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 Brown County
- 493
- Policies
- 68,665
- Insured acres
- $893K
- Claims paid
- 0.25
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Brown County, Illinois, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Corn | $441K |
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| Soybeans | $439K |
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| Pasture,Rangeland,Forage | $8K |
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| Wheat | $4K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 11,365
- CRP acres, 2025
- 2
- Substations
- 69 kV
- Highest voltage
Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.
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Brown County last published these records on July 30, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.