Effingham County, Illinois property search
Search an address or an owner in Effingham County, Illinois with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 23,569 lots are mapped here, covering 294,888 acres. 2,874 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Effingham County received $16.4 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 1,982 recipients. Crop insurance paid $1.9 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 23,569
- Lots mapped
- 294,888
- Acres
- 2,874
- Institutional
Land use in Effingham County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Effingham County, Illinois| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| 0040 - Residential Improved | 11,452 | 13,257 |
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| 0021 - Rural Unimproved | 5,391 | 183,843 |
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| 0011 - Rural Land Improved | 2,317 | 80,510 |
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| 0030 - Residential Vacant Land | 1,545 | 3,477 |
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| 0060 - Commercial Business | 1,454 | 2,584 |
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| 0090 - Exempt | 707 | 4,535 |
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| 0029 - Wooded Transition | 350 | 5,274 |
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| 0080 - Industrial | 143 | 1,123 |
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| 0032 - Subdividers Land | 122 | 88 |
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| 0062 - Comm Sub Land | 31 | 77 |
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| 0028 - Conservation Stewardship | 11 | 105 |
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| 5000 - Locally Assessed RR | 6 | 0 |
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Largest landowners in Effingham County
Largest landowners by acreage in Effingham County, Illinois| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| Runge Farms, LLC | 42 | 2,491 |
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| Stock & Company, LLC | 34 | 1,630 |
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| Wachtel Family Farms, LLC | 26 | 1,447 |
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| Bushue Corporation of Illinois | 22 | 1,326 |
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| Wendte Farms Ltd | 21 | 1,236 |
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| McCloy Limited Partnership | 17 | 828 |
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| First Mid-IL Bank & Trust Tr# 44-1012-10 | 13 | 705 |
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| Red Brush Farms Inc | 15 | 532 |
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| State of Illinois | 14 | 527 |
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| Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield St Mary Help of Christians Parish | 10 | 504 |
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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 Effingham County
- $16.4M
- Paid in 2025
- 1,982
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Effingham County, Illinois, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $7.4M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $4.1M |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $3M |
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| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $1.6M |
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| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based | $125K |
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| CRP - Continuous Pip | $101K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Crop insurance in Effingham County
- 1,781
- Policies
- 172,524
- Insured acres
- $1.9M
- Claims paid
- 0.28
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Effingham County, Illinois, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Soybeans | $1.6M |
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| Corn | $302K |
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| Wheat | $21K |
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| All Other Crops | $4K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 12,914
- CRP acres, 2025
- 12
- Substations
- 138 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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Effingham County last published these records on May 13, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.