Porter County, Indiana property search
Search an address or an owner in Porter County, Indiana with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 81,406 lots are mapped here, covering 283,596 acres. 10,793 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Porter County received $5.8 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 392 recipients. 4,559 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Italy. Crop insurance paid $2.7 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 81,406
- Lots mapped
- 283,596
- Acres
- 10,793
- Institutional
Land use in Porter County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Porter County, Indiana| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| 510 | 42,165 | 22,033 |
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| 511 | 9,618 | 21,710 |
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| 500 | 4,832 | 4,243 |
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| 600 | 4,108 | 23,024 |
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| 100 | 3,212 | 101,306 |
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| 501 | 1,813 | 3,770 |
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| 520 | 1,772 | 713 |
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| 599 | 1,702 | 2,197 |
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| 509 | 1,217 | 308 |
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| 699 | 873 | 3,312 |
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| 640 | 778 | 5,178 |
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| 101 | 713 | 30,634 |
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Largest landowners in Porter County
Largest landowners by acreage in Porter County, Indiana| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| State Of Indiana | 136 | 3,138 |
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| State Of Indiana Deptof Natural Resources | 22 | 2,583 |
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| Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC | 23 | 1,931 |
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| Park & Recreation Department City Of Valparaiso | 33 | 1,929 |
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| Goodberger Land LLC | 20 | 1,211 |
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| Shirley Heinze Land Trust Inc | 191 | 1,070 |
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| G & L Abbett Properties LLC | 17 | 1,065 |
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| Wyckoff Hybrids Inc | 13 | 1,059 |
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| Peterson Family Farms Partnership | 15 | 1,041 |
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| Randall & Rebecca Wittmer LLC | 12 | 952 |
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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 Porter County
- $5.8M
- Paid in 2025
- 392
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Porter County, Indiana, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $4.1M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $1.1M |
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| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $247K |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $226K |
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| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $55K |
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| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based | $32K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Porter County
- 4,559
- Acres disclosed
- 29
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Porter County, Indiana, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Italy | 3,848 |
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| United Kingdom | 296 |
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| No foreign investor listed | 288 |
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| Germany | 87 |
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| Japan | 28 |
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| Portugal | 12 |
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Largest disclosed holders
Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Porter County, Indiana| Holder (country) | Acres |
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| LACROSSE FARMS WIND PROJECT, L.L.C. (ITALY) | 3,848 |
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| FULL MOON FARMS, LLC (998 - NO FOREIGN INVESTOR LISTED) | 288 |
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| ALDI, INC. (GERMANY) | 87 |
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| POWDERTECH CORP. (JAPAN) | 28 |
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| SEDGE MEADOW SOLAR PARK LLC (PORTUGAL) | 12 |
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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 Porter County
- 440
- Policies
- 92,457
- Insured acres
- $2.7M
- Claims paid
- 0.69
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Porter County, Indiana, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Soybeans | $2M |
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| Corn | $674K |
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| Hybrid Corn Seed | $3K |
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| All Other Crops | $110 |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 911
- CRP acres, 2025
- 33
- Substations
- 3
- 345 kV and up
- 345 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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Porter County last published these records on October 4, 2022. Assessment records, not a survey.