Columbia County, Wisconsin property search
Search an address or an owner in Columbia County, Wisconsin with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 43,560 lots are mapped here, covering 497,641 acres. 8,412 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Columbia County received $14.3 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 712 recipients. 80 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Belgium. Crop insurance paid $5.5 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 43,560
- Lots mapped
- 497,641
- Acres
- 8,412
- Institutional
Land use in Columbia County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Columbia County, Wisconsin| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| 1 | 21,672 | 23,525 |
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| 4,5 | 3,333 | 105,685 |
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| 2 | 2,176 | 4,225 |
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| 4 | 2,116 | 39,579 |
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| 4,5,5M | 1,746 | 63,845 |
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| 5 | 1,089 | 18,304 |
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| 4,5M | 983 | 29,634 |
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| 4,5,7 | 906 | 30,506 |
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| 5,6 | 545 | 15,599 |
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| 4,5,5M,7 | 526 | 22,168 |
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| 6 | 502 | 7,330 |
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| 1,4 | 422 | 4,711 |
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Largest landowners in Columbia County
Largest landowners by acreage in Columbia County, Wisconsin| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPT NATURAL RESOURCES | 439 | 12,266 |
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| STATE OF WISCONSIN CONSERVATION COMMISSION | 210 | 7,376 |
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| WISCONSIN POWER & LIGHT WIS PUB SERV CORP MG&E | 86 | 3,022 |
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| RIVERSIDE FARMS LLC | 83 | 2,271 |
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| REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN | 50 | 1,927 |
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| WINGERS FARMS LLC | 54 | 1,481 |
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| NELSON GRAIN FARMS, LLC | 38 | 1,297 |
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| COURTLAND JUNG FARMS, INC | 31 | 1,006 |
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| CITY OF PORTAGE | 207 | 965 |
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| STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | 31 | 935 |
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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 Wisconsin
Federal farm payments in Columbia County
- $14.3M
- Paid in 2025
- 712
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Columbia County, Wisconsin, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $6.5M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $3.6M |
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| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $3.1M |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $498K |
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| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $357K |
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| Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24 | $100K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Columbia County
- 80
- Acres disclosed
- 3
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Columbia County, Wisconsin, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Belgium | 80 |
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Largest disclosed holders
Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Columbia County, Wisconsin| Holder (country) | Acres |
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| UNIMIN CORPORATION (BELGIUM) | 80 |
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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 Columbia County
- 870
- Policies
- 159,043
- Insured acres
- $5.5M
- Claims paid
- 0.65
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Columbia County, Wisconsin, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Corn | $3.7M |
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| Soybeans | $1.6M |
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| Processing Beans | $95K |
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| Wheat | $65K |
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| Forage Seeding | $15K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 2,776
- CRP acres, 2025
- 56
- 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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Columbia County last published these records on June 22, 2025. Assessment records, not a survey.