Farmland Atlas · county record

Boise County, Idaho

Boise County, ID: land and buildings $2,053 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16015. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

Open on the map Compare Printable sheet

Land value here sits at $2,053 per acre as of the 2022 census estimate, up 43.3 percent from 2017, a 7.5 percent a year pace. July nights average 52.7 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 50.3 F, and the long trend since 1976 runs 0.91 F per decade, warming. Drought has touched this county in 183 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2001 the worst year at 42 weeks, and 46 weeks landed in 2021-2025 alone.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
—
NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$2,053/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ID median $3,689 · 2nd lowest of 42
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
36%
2022 census, rented from others
ID median 33% · 18th highest of 42

Cash rent

Cash rent— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,053/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,419/ac
Census 2017$1,433/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+43.3%+7.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250420

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025183 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200142 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202546 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202652.7 °F1991–2020 normal 50.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.91 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September8.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 2022under 1% of cropland22 ac
Cover crops, 2022none reported
198619911996200120062011201620210535522

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 2025522 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$22/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record9Idaho DWR well records
Median well depth278 ft
Cattle and calves, 20223,212+33.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202236%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Boise County——$2,053—
Ada County—$208$13,084$3.22
Custer County—$90$3,588—
Elmore County$34 2025$405$3,233$5.77
Gem County—$143$4,014$5.49
Valley County—$106$3,900—
Median next door—$143$3,900$5.49

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. Boise County, Idaho. 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/idaho/boise-county
Every 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.