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Columbia County, New York property search

Search an address or an owner in Columbia County, New York with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 35,844 lots are mapped here, covering 394,714 acres. 4,286 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Columbia County received $3.3 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 79 recipients. 4,998 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Argentina. Crop insurance paid $63,000 in claims for the 2024 crop year.

35,844
Lots mapped
394,714
Acres
4,286
Institutional

Land use in Columbia County

Parcels and acreage by land use in Columbia County, New York
Land useParcelsAcres
21018,82848,264
2402,69992,055
3142,1869,679
3111,9127,907
3221,70165,338
2209802,100
31287913,672
2706692,682
10544722,989
2802937,556
2602872,071
12027321,225

Largest landowners in Columbia County

Largest landowners by acreage in Columbia County, New York
OwnerParcelsAcres
State Of New York,414,191
New York State,213,963
FH Farms LLC,322,003
State of New York-DEC,41,732
Colarusso Ventures, LLC,51,353
CTZK Farm LLC,191,277
Columbia Land Conservancy Inc,111,227
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp,281,150
Kinderhook Farm LLC,151,148
Peggy Rockefeller Foundation,41,028

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 New York

Federal farm payments in Columbia County

$3.3M
Paid in 2025
79
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Columbia County, New York, 2025
ProgramPaid
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$1.7M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops$835K
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$705K
Tree Assistance Program$77K
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$31K
Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$3K

USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county

Foreign-held farmland in Columbia County

4,998
Acres disclosed
22
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Columbia County, New York, 2024
CountryAcres
Argentina1,798
Switzerland901
Virgin Islands (british)416
Australia406
Liberia347
Canada311

Largest disclosed holders

Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Columbia County, New York
Holder (country)Acres
APALCHE CORP., N.V. (ARGENTINA)1,798
Belltown Farms Hudson, LLC (SWITZERLAND)461
Belltown Farms 23, LLC (SWITZERLAND)440
ANCRAMDALE FARMS LTD. (VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH))416
BELFORT COMPANY, INC. (LIBERIA)347

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 Columbia County

61
Policies
11,175
Insured acres
$63K
Claims paid
0.03
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Columbia County, New York, 2024
CropClaims
Corn$15K
Apples$14K
Wheat$11K
Soybeans$10K
Barley$8K

USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.

Conservation and the power grid

14
CRP acres, 2025
24
Substations
115 kV
Highest voltage

Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.

Find out who owns a property in Columbia County by address, free, or work out a lot's acreage.

Nearby counties in New York

  • Greene County38,418
  • Albany County112,804
  • Rensselaer County64,346
  • Dutchess County109,822
  • Ulster County88,260
  • Schenectady County59,230
  • Schoharie County23,123
  • Putnam County42,291

All New York counties

Columbia County last published these records on February 1, 2024. Assessment records, not a survey.