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North Dakota property lines map

Look up property lines and lot boundaries in North Dakota. Coverage is 746,723 lots across 53 counties, covering 44,168,508 mapped acres. 104,327 of those lots are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in North Dakota received $1.2 billion in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 28,075 recipients. 458,819 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Italy. Crop insurance paid $644.8 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.

53
Counties
746,723
Lots mapped
44,168,508
Acres
104,327
Institutional

Largest landowners in North Dakota

Largest institutional landowners by acreage in North Dakota
OwnerParcelsAcres
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA2,337240,974
STATE OF N DAK29668,076
STATE LAND DEPARTMENT31163,258
NORTH DAKOTA, STATE OF21839,692
THE COTEAU PROPERTIES COMPANY25933,655
WEINREIS BROTHERS LAND, LLP10228,682
APPERT LAND ENTERPRISES LLLP19926,543
STATE OF ND-LEASEHOLD14420,269
WILWAND HOLDINGS, LLC18619,061
Horse Creek Grazing Association3717,118

Companies, trusts and public agencies, by acres held under one name across North Dakota's county records. See the top 50

Federal farm payments in North Dakota

$1.2B
Paid in 2025
28,075
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in North Dakota, 2025
ProgramPaid
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$669.4M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$256M
CRP Payment - Annual Rental$72.6M
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$63.7M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops$35.3M
Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$27.4M

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

Foreign-held farmland in North Dakota

458,819
Acres disclosed
879
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in North Dakota, 2024
CountryAcres
Italy156,212
United Kingdom81,545
Canada80,641
Denmark65,959
Spain36,535
France21,706

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 North Dakota

63,627
Policies
26,758,849
Insured acres
$644.8M
Claims paid
0.52
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in North Dakota, 2024
CropClaims
Corn$181.6M
Soybeans$140M
Wheat$83.9M
Dry Beans$70.3M
Canola$51M

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

Conservation and the power grid

1,190,244
CRP acres, 2025
1,285
Substations
18
345 kV and up
400 kV
Highest voltage

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

Counties with the most farm payments

Counties in North Dakota ranked by federal farm payments
CountyPaid
Cavalier County$51.1M
Richland County$50.4M
Cass County$43.4M
Stutsman County$42.4M
Walsh County$42.2M
Grand Forks County$35.8M
Ward County$34.4M
McLean County$34M

Counties with the most foreign-held farmland

Counties in North Dakota ranked by foreign-held agricultural acres
CountyAcres
Cass County93,114
Williams County76,766
McIntosh County73,149
Stutsman County37,724
Barnes County35,408
Morton County24,733
Mountrail County22,685
McHenry County17,050

North Dakota property lines by county

  • Adams County5,189
  • Barnes County11,386
  • Benson County9,420
  • Billings County3,224
  • Bottineau County18,176
  • Bowman County6,719
  • Burke County8,263
  • Burleigh County48,681
  • Cass County75,764
  • Cavalier County15,149
  • Dickey County8,160
  • Divide County8,581
  • Dunn County21,494
  • Eddy County5,657
  • Emmons County9,908
  • Foster County3,508
  • Golden Valley County3,745
  • Grand Forks County33,150
  • Grant County9,211
  • Griggs County4,062
  • Hettinger County7,061
  • Kidder County6,739
  • LaMoure County9,768
  • Logan County7,000
  • McHenry County15,820
  • McIntosh County8,677
  • McKenzie County18,788
  • McLean County20,602
  • Mercer County6,600
  • Morton County24,628
  • Mountrail County17,148
  • Nelson County5,445
  • Oliver County7,704
  • Pembina County13,736
  • Pierce County6,929
  • Ramsey County19,667
  • Ransom County9,062
  • Renville County7,975
  • Richland County17,694
  • Rolette County8,006
  • Sargent County8,961
  • Sheridan County5,902
  • Sioux County14,556
  • Slope County3,108
  • Stark County26,046
  • Steele County6,147
  • Stutsman County19,880
  • Towner County5,315
  • Traill County10,616
  • Walsh County13,473
  • Ward County41,371
  • Wells County8,778
  • Williams County34,074