Butte County, Idaho
Butte County, ID: irrigated cash rent $178 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,430 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.03 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16023. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
All harvested cropland in Butte County is irrigated, and 52 percent of that irrigation water came from groundwater in 2015. Irrigation failure is the largest cause of indemnities across 1989-2025, at 36 percent, totaling $6.4 million. The county's loss ratio was 1.03 over 1989-2025 and 0.83 over 2016-2025. Heat and drought's share of indemnities was 8 percent in 1989-1999, 13 percent in 2000-2009, 3 percent in 2010-2019, and 3 percent in 2020-2025. July nightly lows have moved from 50.5 F to 52.1 F, with a warming trend of 0.8 F per decade since 1976.
ID median $179 · 16th lowest of 32
ID median $3,689 · 17th lowest of 42
ID median $5.70 · 17th highest of 36
ID median 33% · 8th lowest of 42
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butte County | — | $178 | $3,430 | $5.78 |
| Bingham County | $34 2025 | $286 | $3,789 | $4.78 |
| Blaine County | $32 | $120 | $3,556 | $2.51 |
| Clark County | — | $138 | $3,102 | $14.51 |
| Custer County | — | $90 | $3,588 | — |
| Jefferson County | — | $168 | $5,087 | $5.41 |
| Lemhi County | $36 2023 | $74 | $3,947 | — |
| Median next door | $32 1 co. | $129 | $3,689 | $5.10 |
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. Butte 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/butte-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.