Lake County, California
Lake County, CA: irrigated cash rent $491 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,833 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 2.59 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
July nights average 61 F now against a 58.9 F normal, warming at 0.65 F per decade since 1976, though no July since 1900 has averaged a low at or above 70 F. Heat and drought's share of indemnities has moved from 1 percent in 1989-1999, to 6 percent in 2000-2009, to 16 percent in 2010-2019, to 31 percent in 2020-2025. Cropland here leans on irrigation, 81 percent of harvested acres, with 71 percent of that water drawn from groundwater in 2015. Land value rose 19.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, and the county logged 112 weeks of severe drought or worse in 2021-2025 against 342 of 1357 weeks since 2000.
CA median $431 · 15th highest of 40
CA median $11,471 · 18th lowest of 52
CA median $7.22 · 7th highest of 42
CA median 43% · 23rd lowest of 55
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 1989. 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County | — | $491 | $7,833 | $12.65 |
| Colusa County | — | $375 | $11,119 | $8.07 |
| Glenn County | $24 | $246 | $10,262 | $7.36 |
| Mendocino County | — | $1,290 | $6,511 | $7.96 |
| Napa County | $21 2024 | $4,000 | $61,295 | $7.18 |
| Sonoma County | $58 | $1,300 | $30,475 | $8.06 |
| Yolo County | $43 | $440 | $10,780 | $8.48 |
| Median next door | $43 | $865 | $10,950 | $8.01 |
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. Lake 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/lake-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.