Lassen County, California
Lassen County, CA: non-irrigated cash rent $32 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,493 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06035. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland in Lassen County rents for $225 per acre in 2026, against $32 per acre for non-irrigated ground. That gap points to water as the working asset here. Irrigation covers 91 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, and 71 percent of irrigation water came from groundwater in 2015. Drought has been present: 431 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw at least 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse, with 97 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities moved from 4 percent in 1989-1999, to 9 percent in 2000-2009, to 8 percent in 2010-2019, to 43 percent in 2020-2025. July nightly lows have warmed at 1.01 F per decade since 1976.
CA median $35 · 8th lowest of 20
CA median $431 · 2nd lowest of 40
CA median $11,471 · 10th lowest of 52
CA median $7.22 · 6th highest of 42
CA median 43% · 28th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen County | $32 | $225 | $4,493 | $12.76 |
| Modoc County | $22 2024 | $303 2025 | $4,267 | $21.36 |
| Plumas County | — | — | $4,222 | — |
| Shasta County | $37 | $205 | $10,930 | $6.10 |
| Sierra County | — | — | $2,427 | — |
| Washoe County, NV | — | — | $1,083 | — |
| Median next door | $37 1 co. | $205 1 co. | $4,222 | $13.73 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. Lassen 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/lassen-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.