Columbia County, Arkansas
Columbia County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $17 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,902 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Columbia County runs $17 per acre. Only 5 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated here, so most ground depends on rainfall through the growing season. July nights average 71.9 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 71 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.47 F per decade, warming. Drought has held severe or worse conditions for 151 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2011 the worst year at 51 weeks; the 2021-2025 stretch saw 18 such weeks. Census land value sits at $2,902 per acre, up 24.9 percent from 2017-2022.
AR median $30 · tied for 3rd lowest of 61
AR median $3,631 · tied for 11th lowest of 75
AR median 29% · 4th lowest of 75
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia County | $17 | — | $2,902 | — |
| Lafayette County | $58 2025 | $174 | $2,940 | $18.64 |
| Nevada County | $19 | — | $2,507 | — |
| Ouachita County | — | — | $2,230 | — |
| Union County | $8 2025 | — | $2,912 | — |
| Claiborne Parish, LA | $19 | — | $3,379 | — |
| Webster Parish, LA | $22 2025 | — | $4,320 | — |
| Median next door | $19 2 co. | $174 1 co. | $2,926 | $18.64 1 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. Columbia County, Arkansas. 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/arkansas/columbia-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.