Washington County, Arkansas
Washington County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $53 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,460 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05143. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Washington County, AR runs $53 per acre, up 96.3 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value in the 2022 census stood at $7,460 per acre, up 45.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 7.8 percent a year. Only 1 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census. July nights average 68.7 F over 2017-2026 against a 67.3 F normal for 1991-2020, with a warming trend of 0.44 F per decade since 1976. Crop insurance losses from 1996-2023 totaled $457,510, with freeze and frost the largest cause at 53 percent; heat and drought accounted for 20 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999 and 9 percent in 2000-2009.
AR median $30 · tied for 12th highest of 61
AR median $3,631 · 3rd highest of 75
AR median 29% · 24th 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
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1996. 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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County | $53 | $7,460 | — |
| Benton County | $53 | $9,796 | — |
| Crawford County | $31 | $4,236 | $14.22 |
| Madison County | $53 | $4,232 | — |
| Adair County, OK | $42 | $3,426 | — |
| Median next door | $47 | $4,234 | $14.22 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. Washington 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/washington-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.