Mohave County, Arizona
Mohave County, AZ: irrigated cash rent $122 an acre (2019); land and buildings $1,045 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.23 since 1999. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 04015. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
The July average nightly low has moved from 70.8 F in the 1991-2020 normal to 72.8 F in 2017-2026, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.77 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance indemnities for 1999-2018 totaled $628,277, with heat and drought the largest cause at 56 percent, and that cause held at 57 percent in 2000-2009 and 55 percent in 2010-2019. Irrigation drew 44 percent of its water from groundwater in 2015. Land value, per the operators' own 2022 estimate, stands at $1,045 per acre, up 24.6 percent from 2017-2022.
too few 2019 county surveys in the state to compare
AZ median $1,597 · 6th lowest of 12
AZ median 20% · 6th lowest of 13
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohave County | — | — | $1,045 | — |
| Coconino County | — | — | $344 | — |
| La Paz County | — | $276 | $2,604 | $11.07 |
| Yavapai County | — | $93 2025 | $2,325 | — |
| San Bernardino County, CA | $23 2024 | $304 | $47,339 | $4.96 |
| Clark County, NV | — | $237 | $3,863 | — |
| Lincoln County, NV | — | $207 2025 | $3,230 | — |
| Kane County, UT | — | $107 | $4,475 | — |
| Washington County, UT | $40 2025 | $148 2025 | $8,684 | — |
| Median next door | — | $257 | $3,547 | $8.02 2 co. |
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. Mohave County, Arizona. 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/arizona/mohave-countyEvery 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.