Inyo County, California
Inyo County, CA: non-irrigated cash rent $5 an acre (2017); land and buildings $961 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent in Inyo County was $106 per acre in 2017, against $5 per acre for non-irrigated land. All harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census, and 71 percent of irrigation water came from groundwater in 2015. Land value rose 55 percent from 2017-2022, or 9.2 percent a year. The county spent 511 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 53 weeks in the worst year, 2013, and 116 weeks from 2021-2025. July nightly lows averaged 70.7 F from 2017-2026, up from a 68.5 F normal in 1991-2020, with a warming trend of 1.04 F per decade since 1976.
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
CA median $11,471 · lowest of 52
CA median 43% · highest of 55
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inyo County | — | — | $961 | — |
| Fresno County | $22 | $305 | $16,378 | $5.95 |
| Kern County | $48 2023 | $445 | $10,539 | $4.95 |
| Mono County | — | — | $3,138 | — |
| San Bernardino County | $23 2024 | $304 | $47,339 | $4.96 |
| Tulare County | $42 | $450 | $15,617 | $5.06 |
| Clark County, NV | — | $237 | $3,863 | — |
| Esmeralda County, NV | — | — | $3,086 | — |
| Nye County, NV | — | — | $3,089 | — |
| Median next door | $32 2 co. | $305 | $7,201 | $5.01 |
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. Inyo 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/inyo-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.