THE IRWIN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Atlantic Southern Loam Plains setting.
Irwin County has 354.4 square miles of land in Georgia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Irwin County: Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, Tifton Upland.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Irwin County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains99.3%
- Tifton Upland0.7%
Finding your parcel within Irwin County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Irwin County, including Fitzgerald, Ocilla. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Irwin County by land and water
The Census records 8.4 square miles of water within Irwin County, or 2.3% of its total area. That share is close to Irwin County’s 2.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Irwin County has 139.1 times the land area of nearby Ocilla city (2.55 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Ben Hill County, Berrien County, Coffee County, Tift County, Turner County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

