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Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

Northwest Arctic Borough, AK: the public record carries few figures here. Each missing figure is shown with its reason. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 02188. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Northwest Arctic Borough had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

July nights average 47.8 F for 2017-2026, against a 46.7 F normal for 1991-2020. The July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.46 F per decade, warming. No July since 1900 has reached an average low of 70 F or above. The county has 1.7 MW of solar and 3.3 MW of wind operating, with no proposed additions of either to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
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the census publishes no land value row for this county
Rent as % of land value
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not shown
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
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suppressed by NASS

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land value— the census publishes no land value row for this county

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–20250 of 1,357 weeks0% of weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202647.8 °F1991–2020 normal 46.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.46 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September9.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 109% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Tile drainage and tillage— the 2022 census printed no land-use row for this county
CRP— FSA lists no CRP enrollment for this county
Solar and wind operating, 20251.7 MW solar · 3.3 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022none reported

Next door

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Northwest Arctic Borough
Nome Census Area
North Slope Borough
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Median next door

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

Cite this page

AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/alaska/northwest-arctic-borough
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic

"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.