Mariposa County, California
Mariposa County, CA: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,306 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent for 2026 runs $30 per acre. Land value in the 2022 census stood at $4,306 per acre, up 108.6 percent from 2017-2022, or 15.8 percent a year. Irrigated cropland covers 93 percent of harvested acres, and 71 percent of irrigation water came from groundwater as of 2015. Drought was present in severe form or worse for 349 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2016 the worst year at 52 weeks, and 98 weeks fell in 2021-2025. July nightly lows averaged 59.9 F from 2017-2026, up from the 1991-2020 normal of 57.9 F, warming at 0.93 F per decade since 1976. Corn yield and insurance loss records are not available.
CA median $35 · tied for 4th lowest of 20
CA median $11,471 · 8th lowest of 52
CA median 43% · 5th highest 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariposa County | $30 | — | $4,306 | — |
| Madera County | $66 | $410 | $13,239 | $4.37 |
| Merced County | $33 | $411 | $16,527 | $3.54 |
| Stanislaus County | $55 | $450 | $20,208 | $3.87 |
| Tuolumne County | $27 2025 | — | $4,337 | — |
| Median next door | $55 | $411 | $14,883 | $3.87 |
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. Mariposa 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/mariposa-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.