Plumas County, California
Plumas County, CA: land and buildings $4,222 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06063. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land in Plumas County last measured at $4,222 per acre in 2022, up 83.7 percent over 2017-2022, or 12.9 percent a year. Irrigation is central to farming here: 69 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated in 2022, and 71 percent of that water came from groundwater in 2015. The county spent 342 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse over 2000-2025, 25.2 percent of that span, with 2015 reaching 52 weeks; 97 of those weeks fell in 2021-2025. The July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 1.01 F per decade warming, with the 2017-2026 average at 51.8 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 50 F.
CA median $11,471 · 6th lowest of 52
CA median 43% · lowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumas County | — | — | $4,222 | — |
| Butte County | $24 2023 | $437 | $13,981 | $7.03 |
| Lassen County | $32 | $225 | $4,493 | $12.76 |
| Shasta County | $37 | $205 | $10,930 | $6.10 |
| Sierra County | — | — | $2,427 | — |
| Tehama County | $30 | $272 | $5,479 | $7.76 |
| Yuba County | — | $365 | $11,174 | $8.60 |
| Median next door | $32 | $272 | $8,205 | $7.76 |
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. Plumas 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/plumas-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.