Alpine County, California
Alpine County, CA: land and buildings $4,950 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Alpine County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
The 2022 census put land and buildings at $4,950 per acre, up 8.2 percent over 2017-2022, or 1.6 percent a year. July nightly lows ran 50.8 F in 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 48.9 F, with a warming trend of 0.91 F per decade since 1976; no July since 1900 has averaged a nightly low at or above 70 F. Severe drought covered the county 364 of 1357 weeks during 2000-2025, or 26.8 percent of that span, with 2015 reaching 52 weeks; the 2021-2025 period added 92 weeks.
CA median $11,471
Cash rent
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine County | — | — | $4,950 | — |
| Amador County | $65 | $324 2025 | $6,386 | $10.90 |
| Calaveras County | — | $700 | $4,909 | — |
| El Dorado County | $33 | $900 | $11,768 | $17.78 |
| Mono County | — | — | $3,138 | — |
| Tuolumne County | $27 2025 | — | $4,337 | — |
| Douglas County, NV | — | — | $2,627 | — |
| Median next door | $49 2 co. | $800 2 co. | $4,623 | $14.34 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. Alpine County, California. 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/california/alpine-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.