Sun 'n Lake Citrus Grove
Highlands County, FL · Citrus · Active
Asking price
$2,835,000
Price / acre
$13,500
Acreage
210 ac
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Valuation
$3,457,317
18.0% below estimated value
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Risk Flags
- Low riskSweet orange scab quarantine
Highlands County is under a federal Sweet Orange Scab quarantine (Active Federal Quarantine), restricting movement of citrus nursery stock, budwood, and fruit. Sweet Orange Scab causes cosmetic fruit blemishing that affects fresh-fruit marketability but not tree health or yield — a real but lower economic severity than Florida's other citrus quarantine programs. Source: USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- Medium riskAsian citrus psyllid quarantine
Highlands County is under a federal Asian Citrus Psyllid quarantine (Active Federal Quarantine). The psyllid is the insect vector that transmits Citrus Greening (HLB); its quarantine drives mandatory grower spray and monitoring programs independent of whether a given grove has tested HLB-positive. Source: USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- Medium riskCitrus canker quarantine
Highlands County is under a federal Citrus Canker quarantine (Active Federal Quarantine), restricting movement of citrus nursery stock, budwood, and fruit. Citrus Canker is a bacterial disease affecting citrus groves throughout Florida — mandatory tree destruction ended in 2006 once the disease became too widespread to eradicate; the state now manages rather than eradicates it. Source: USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- Low riskImported fire ant quarantine
Highlands County is under a federal Imported Fire Ant quarantine (Active Federal Quarantine), restricting movement of soil, sod, hay, nursery stock, and similar regulated articles capable of spreading the pest. Source: USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- Medium riskCitrus greening quarantine
Highlands County is under a federal Citrus Greening (HLB) quarantine (Active Federal Quarantine), restricting movement of citrus nursery stock, budwood, and fruit. HLB is an incurable, yield-reducing disease affecting citrus groves throughout Florida. Source: USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Solar Lease Fit
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Astatula sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes (map unit 9)
- Drainage
- Excessively drained
- Flood frequency
- None
- Slope
- 2.5%
- Capability class
- 6
- Farmland classification
- Not prime farmland
Source: USDA NRCS Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO). Farmland classification reflects the federal Farmland Protection Policy Act designation for this soil map unit.
Crop Cover
Oranges (2021 classification)
Source: USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer — satellite-observed, not self-reported. Compare against the listed land use above.
County Agricultural Context
Highlands County-wide figures, not specific to this parcel — pooled across every agricultural land use in the county.
- Avg. ag land value
- $5,657 / acre
- Cattle inventory
- 74,469 head
- Irrigated acreage
- 67,987 ac
- Orchard acreage
- 44,114 ac
- Direct farm sales
- 0.3% 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.
County Crop Loss Context
Highlands 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
- Freeze ($8,689,200 paid)
- Total indemnity paid
- $18,712,814
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.
County Economic Context
Highlands County-wide figures, not specific to this parcel — population and local economic conditions, relevant background for a land investment thesis.
- Population
- 107,614
- Net migration
- +3,007
- Rural-urban classification
- 3 · Metro (<250k)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%
- Median household income
- $51,954
- Poverty rate
- 15.9%
- Per capita income
- $28,519
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.
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