Del Norte County, California
Del Norte County, CA: irrigated cash rent $620 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,206 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06015. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Del Norte County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Land in Del Norte County carried a census market value of $10,206 per acre in 2022, up 22.7 percent over 2017-2022 at 4.2 percent a year. July nightly lows averaged 54.9 F in 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 53.1 F, with a warming trend of 0.87 F per decade since 1976; no July since 1900 has averaged a nightly low at or above 70 F. Groundwater supplied 71 percent of irrigation water in 2015, and the county spent 180 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2020 the worst year at 38 weeks.
CA median $431
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Norte County | — | $620 | $10,206 | — |
| Humboldt County | $22 2024 | $405 | $4,578 | — |
| Siskiyou County | $21 2023 | $250 | $4,174 | $27.49 |
| Curry County, OR | — | $225 | $5,104 | — |
| Josephine County, OR | $108 2025 | $132 2025 | $20,397 | $11.41 |
| Median next door | — | $250 | $4,841 | $19.45 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. Del Norte 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/del-norte-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.