Hand County, South Dakota property search
Search an address or an owner in Hand County, South Dakota with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 9,543 lots are mapped here, covering 914,581 acres. 2,298 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Hand County received $21.6 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 498 recipients. 320 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Germany. Crop insurance paid $15.5 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 9,543
- Lots mapped
- 914,581
- Acres
- 2,298
- Institutional
Land use in Hand County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Hand County, South Dakota| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| AG | 6,502 | 904,417 |
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| CITY | 1,402 | 2,876 |
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| NON-AG | 598 | 7,288 |
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Largest landowners in Hand County
Largest landowners by acreage in Hand County, South Dakota| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| BERTSCH FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | 71 | 10,552 |
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| MILLER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY | 64 | 9,916 |
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| PUGH FARMS LP | 64 | 9,864 |
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| P SPEAR RANCH INC | 58 | 8,701 |
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| P J WERDEL & SONS INC | 52 | 7,874 |
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| EAGLE PASS RANCH | 55 | 7,354 |
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| NMD PROPERTIES LLC | 42 | 6,414 |
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| PATRIDGE PARTNERS LP | 39 | 5,645 |
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| MILLERDALE HUTTERIAN BRETHREN INC | 39 | 5,446 |
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| NABER LAND LLC | 36 | 4,993 |
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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 South Dakota
Federal farm payments in Hand County
- $21.6M
- Paid in 2025
- 498
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Hand County, South Dakota, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $14.1M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $4M |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $2.5M |
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| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $840K |
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| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based | $77K |
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| WECPCSCOF | $41K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Hand County
- 320
- Acres disclosed
- 1
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Hand County, South Dakota, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Germany | 320 |
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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 Hand County
- 959
- Policies
- 570,982
- Insured acres
- $15.5M
- Claims paid
- 0.42
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Hand County, South Dakota, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Corn | $8.2M |
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| Soybeans | $4.9M |
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| Pasture,Rangeland,Forage | $1.6M |
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| Sunflowers | $393K |
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| Wheat | $235K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 40,679
- CRP acres, 2025
- 22
- Substations
- 69 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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This copy of Hand County's records was taken on August 11, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.