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South Dakota property lines map

Look up property lines and lot boundaries in South Dakota. Coverage is 726,325 lots across 64 counties, covering 42,304,396 mapped acres. 121,594 of those lots are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in South Dakota received $1.1 billion in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 35,403 recipients. 481,234 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Canada. Crop insurance paid $589.7 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.

64
Counties
726,325
Lots mapped
42,304,396
Acres
121,594
Institutional

Largest landowners in South Dakota

Largest institutional landowners by acreage in South Dakota
OwnerParcelsAcres
STANDING BUTTE RANCH LLLP31344,590
TEXAS DAKOTA PARTNERS, LTD 18695 WILLOW CREEK TRL10444,314
STATE OF SD-GFP33539,257
SANDHILLS RANCH PROPERTIES-MCGINLEY LLC9034,081
GUNSMOKE FARMS LLC23933,950
MACIEJEWSKI RANCH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP20831,810
LINK REALTY HOLDINGS LLC7630,058
HALLIGAN LAND COMPANY LLLP20228,843
WEINREIS BROTHERS LAND, LLP 12284 HORSE CREEK LOOP7226,078
NACHTIGAL FARMS INC16822,813

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

Federal farm payments in South Dakota

$1.1B
Paid in 2025
35,403
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in South Dakota, 2025
ProgramPaid
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$483.8M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$293M
CRP Payment - Annual Rental$141.8M
Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$71.9M
Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24$19.3M
Livestock Forage Program$11.4M

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

Foreign-held farmland in South Dakota

481,234
Acres disclosed
880
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in South Dakota, 2024
CountryAcres
Canada154,835
France116,473
United Kingdom103,750
Spain40,582
Denmark22,948
Germany18,619

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 South Dakota

55,632
Policies
21,055,393
Insured acres
$589.7M
Claims paid
0.62
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in South Dakota, 2024
CropClaims
Corn$252.4M
Soybeans$223.6M
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage$61.8M
Forage Production$13.5M
Wheat$12.6M

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

Conservation and the power grid

2,623,938
CRP acres, 2025
951
Substations
8
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.

Counties with the most farm payments

Counties in South Dakota ranked by federal farm payments
CountyPaid
Brown County$52.6M
Roberts County$38.6M
Beadle County$35.4M
Union County$29.9M
Turner County$29.8M
Charles Mix County$28.7M
Hutchinson County$28.6M
Sully County$25.5M

Counties with the most foreign-held farmland

Counties in South Dakota ranked by foreign-held agricultural acres
CountyAcres
McPherson County99,840
Deuel County89,105
Hyde County52,251
Haakon County48,554
Clark County38,948
Hughes County24,217
Day County23,311
Minnehaha County17,708

South Dakota property lines by county

  • Aurora County5,734
  • Beadle County16,899
  • Bennett County4,638
  • Bon Homme County8,875
  • Brookings County18,211
  • Brown County26,168
  • Brule County8,603
  • Buffalo County2,627
  • Butte County12,522
  • Campbell County5,721
  • Charles Mix County15,226
  • Clark County7,623
  • Clay County9,305
  • Codington County18,465
  • Corson County7,226
  • Custer County12,838
  • Davison County11,840
  • Day County11,382
  • Deuel County6,974
  • Dewey County12,522
  • Douglas County4,529
  • Edmunds County9,593
  • Fall River County11,108
  • Faulk County8,874
  • Grant County8,922
  • Gregory County7,795
  • Haakon County10,514
  • Hamlin County8,131
  • Hand County9,543
  • Hanson County4,291
  • Harding County6,639
  • Hughes County12,886
  • Hutchinson County12,434
  • Hyde County4,636
  • Jackson County10,110
  • Jerauld County4,116
  • Jones County3,815
  • Kingsbury County9,075
  • Lake County10,695
  • Lawrence County21,895
  • Lincoln County13,397
  • Lyman County10,798
  • McPherson County8,854
  • Marshall County10,621
  • Meade County20,868
  • Mellette County7,548
  • Miner County5,299
  • Minnehaha County53,492
  • Moody County6,315
  • Oglala Lakota County1,445
  • Pennington County54,804
  • Perkins County15,763
  • Potter County7,029
  • Roberts County14,588
  • Sanborn County5,090
  • Stanley County10,798
  • Sully County6,707
  • Todd County4,928
  • Tripp County10,595
  • Turner County10,099
  • Union County13,655
  • Walworth County7,670
  • Yankton County13,604
  • Ziebach County9,358