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Brown County, South Dakota property search

Search an address or an owner in Brown County, South Dakota with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 26,168 lots are mapped here, covering 1,107,757 acres. 5,006 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Brown County received $52.6 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 1,335 recipients. 941 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from United Kingdom. Crop insurance paid $23.4 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.

26,168
Lots mapped
1,107,757
Acres
5,006
Institutional

Land use in Brown County

Parcels and acreage by land use in Brown County, South Dakota
Land useParcelsAcres
NON-COUNTY JURISDICTION12,17911,164
AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION9,5721,030,742
MINI AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT1,14810,963
RIGHT-OF-WAY9877,852
RURAL-URBAN9562,050
LAKE FRONT RESIDENTIAL408316
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT373685
HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT124849
CONSERVATION DISTRICT10810,906
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT932,579
CONSERVATION DISTRICT REFUGE8021,338
WATER472,056

Largest landowners in Brown County

Largest landowners by acreage in Brown County, South Dakota
OwnerParcelsAcres
BRAUN FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP526,849
HUTTERVILLE SOUTH DAKOTA INC496,809
MITCHELL-BROADVIEW LLP476,282
ENGELHART RANCH INC535,535
3L REAL ESTATE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP485,395
BF LAND, LLC435,286
DIAMOND FIVE FARMS LLC394,710
BRETSCH REAL ESTATE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP344,700
SCHULLER FARMS INC.334,325
ABERDEEN CITY1594,239

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 South Dakota

Federal farm payments in Brown County

$52.6M
Paid in 2025
1,335
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Brown County, South Dakota, 2025
ProgramPaid
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$26.9M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$13.1M
CRP Payment - Annual Rental$11.7M
Agricultural Risk Coverage - Individual$352K
CRP Cost-Share Web-Based$174K
Emrgncy Relief Program Trk 2-Nonspclty Crps$171K

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

Foreign-held farmland in Brown County

941
Acres disclosed
8
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Brown County, South Dakota, 2024
CountryAcres
United Kingdom856
Canada85

Largest disclosed holders

Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Brown County, South Dakota
Holder (country)Acres
NATIONAL GRID RENEWABLES PROJECTS, LLC (UNITED KINGDOM)770
Leola Wind Farm, LLC (UNITED KINGDOM)86

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 Brown County

1,727
Policies
748,375
Insured acres
$23.4M
Claims paid
0.44
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Brown County, South Dakota, 2024
CropClaims
Corn$12M
Soybeans$9M
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage$2.1M
Wheat$119K
All Other Crops$56K

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

Conservation and the power grid

85,080
CRP acres, 2025
61
Substations
1
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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Nearby counties in South Dakota

  • Marshall County10,621
  • Day County11,382
  • Edmunds County9,593
  • McPherson County8,854
  • Faulk County8,874
  • Clark County7,623
  • Codington County18,465
  • Roberts County14,588

All South Dakota counties

Brown County last published these records on October 28, 2025. Assessment records, not a survey.