Hardee Timber Reserve

Zolfo fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes (map unit 2)

Drainage

Somewhat poorly drained

Flood frequency

None

Slope

1%

Capability class

3

Farmland classification

Farmland of unique importance

Source: USDA NRCS Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO). Farmland classification reflects the federal Farmland Protection Policy Act designation for this soil map unit.

Woody Wetlands (2021 classification)

Source: USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer — satellite-observed, not self-reported. Compare against the listed land use above.

Hardee County-wide figures, not specific to this parcel — pooled across every agricultural land use in the county.

Avg. ag land value

$6,616 / acre

Cattle inventory

71,991 head

Irrigated acreage

50,142 ac

Orchard acreage

41,195 ac

Direct farm sales

0.2% of sales

Agritourism operations

6

Source: USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture — published every 5 years. Orchard/berry acreage, direct farm sales, and agritourism figures are from USDA ERS's 2017 local food economy data set — a different vintage than the figures above, and the most recent ERS has released.

Hardee County-wide figures, not specific to this parcel — real federal crop insurance claims paid across every insured crop in the county that year.

Top cause of loss

Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain ($6,910,646 paid)

Total indemnity paid

$26,357,866

Source: USDA Risk Management Agency 2024 Cause of Loss Summary of Business. "Top cause of loss" excludes area/index insurance products (ARPI, STAX, etc.) whose losses aren't attributed to one physical peril — the total indemnity figure still includes them.

Hardee County-wide figures, not specific to this parcel — population and local economic conditions, relevant background for a land investment thesis.

Population

25,760

Net migration

+76

Rural-urban classification

6 · Nonmetro, urban 2.5k–20k, metro-adjacent

Unemployment rate

4.1%

Median household income

$48,572

Poverty rate

26.2%

Per capita income

$22,377

Source: USDA ERS (Economic Research Service). Population, net migration, and rural-urban classification are 2023; unemployment rate is 2023; median household income is 2022 (ERS's own source data publishes income figures a year behind unemployment). County typology classifications (farming-dependent, natural amenities, retirement destination, population loss, low education, low employment) are ERS's 2015 edition, the most recent ERS has released. Poverty rate and per capita income are 5-year ACS estimates ending 2021 — a different survey and vintage than median household income above, not a duplicate figure.

Hardee County-wide figures, not specific to this parcel.

Timberland

105,170 ac

Timber volume density

2,485 cu ft/ac

Source: USDA Forest Service 2022 Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program. These are statistical estimates from a field-plot sample, not a full census — the volume figure carries a ±28% margin of error for this county.