Adams County, Indiana property search
Search an address or an owner in Adams County, Indiana with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 20,242 lots are mapped here, covering 212,078 acres. 3,975 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Adams County received $7.5 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 750 recipients. 312 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Switzerland. Crop insurance paid $2 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 20,242
- Lots mapped
- 212,078
- Acres
- 3,975
- Institutional
Land use in Adams County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Adams County, Indiana| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| 510 | 6,513 | 2,887 |
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| 100 | 3,726 | 120,160 |
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| 101 | 2,343 | 50,348 |
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| 511 | 1,967 | 4,325 |
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| 500 | 629 | 302 |
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| 199 | 524 | 18,649 |
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| 610 | 459 | 0 |
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| 640 | 363 | 36 |
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| 599 | 288 | 284 |
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| 685 | 255 | 481 |
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| 400 | 243 | 164 |
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| 501 | 223 | 239 |
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Largest landowners in Adams County
Largest landowners by acreage in Adams County, Indiana| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| ADAMS COUNTY LAND TRUST | 121 | 1,419 |
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| KESL FARMS, LLC | 29 | 1,331 |
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| Sommer Farms Inc | 13 | 1,050 |
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| CLOVERLEAF FAMILY FARMS LLC | 16 | 992 |
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| Larkland Realty LLC | 21 | 902 |
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| Buchan Big Farms LLC | 17 | 705 |
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| Fisher Brothers Land Holdings LLC | 16 | 621 |
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| D & D Arnold Family Limited Partnership | 6 | 553 |
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| Heritage Aggregates LLC | 15 | 545 |
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| JOHNNY-BELLE FARMS, LLC | 13 | 500 |
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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 Indiana
Federal farm payments in Adams County
- $7.5M
- Paid in 2025
- 750
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Adams County, Indiana, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $6M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $997K |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $327K |
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| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $148K |
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| NAP Regular Web-Based | $2K |
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| Ccc Organic Cost Share - Crops | $750 |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Adams County
- 312
- Acres disclosed
- 4
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Adams County, Indiana, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Switzerland | 212 |
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| Canada | 60 |
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| Germany | 40 |
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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 Adams County
- 835
- Policies
- 116,765
- Insured acres
- $2M
- Claims paid
- 0.34
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Adams County, Indiana, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Soybeans | $1.4M |
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| Corn | $570K |
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| All Other Crops | $16K |
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| Wheat | $8K |
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| Popcorn | $7K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 1,364
- CRP acres, 2025
- 6
- 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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This copy of Adams County's records was taken on August 12, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.