Mills County, Iowa property search
Search an address or an owner in Mills County, Iowa with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 17,437 lots are mapped here, covering 281,171 acres. 3,210 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Mills County received $9.7 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 560 recipients. 194 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Bermuda. Crop insurance paid $1.5 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 17,437
- Lots mapped
- 281,171
- Acres
- 3,210
- Institutional
Land use in Mills County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Mills County, Iowa| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| A | 9,924 | 266,305 |
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| R | 6,455 | 11,590 |
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| C | 920 | 2,849 |
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| L | 58 | 90 |
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| C1 | 41 | 22 |
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| I | 38 | 316 |
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Largest landowners in Mills County
Largest landowners by acreage in Mills County, Iowa| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| State of Iowa Don Stevens Iowa DOT Prop Mgmt Sec Office of ROW | 129 | 2,237 |
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| G-J Land Inc % George Stratbucker | 61 | 2,072 |
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| Hays Farms Inc | 44 | 1,683 |
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| Millstream LLC % Erin Lenz | 35 | 1,339 |
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| Faithful Farms LLC %Aaron & Teri Vorthmann | 29 | 1,109 |
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| Melard Farms Co %Steve Calder | 52 | 1,103 |
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| CBC Farms, Inc %John Phelps | 33 | 1,099 |
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| 5 Reed Farms LLC %Aaron & Teri Vorthmann | 31 | 1,088 |
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| Roy Johnson Fam Ltd Part %Hertz Farm Mgmt | 32 | 1,062 |
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| State of Iowa; Dept of Natural Resources %Prop Tax Coordinator,DNR Realty Services | 39 | 1,029 |
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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 Iowa
Federal farm payments in Mills County
- $9.7M
- Paid in 2025
- 560
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Mills County, Iowa, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $5.9M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $2.1M |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $1.5M |
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| Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24 | $68K |
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| CRP - Continuous Pip | $31K |
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| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based | $29K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Mills County
- 194
- Acres disclosed
- 2
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Mills County, Iowa, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Bermuda | 194 |
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Largest disclosed holders
Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Mills County, Iowa| Holder (country) | Acres |
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| BUNGE NORTH AMERICA (OPD WEST), INC. (BERMUDA) | 194 |
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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 Mills County
- 895
- Policies
- 180,346
- Insured acres
- $1.5M
- Claims paid
- 0.18
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Mills County, Iowa, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Soybeans | $956K |
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| Corn | $517K |
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| Pasture,Rangeland,Forage | $26K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 6,284
- CRP acres, 2025
- 5
- Substations
- 161 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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Mills County last published these records on April 2, 2019. Assessment records, not a survey.