Lemhi County, Idaho
Lemhi County, ID: non-irrigated cash rent $36 an acre (2023); land and buildings $3,947 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16059. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Harvested cropland is 95 percent irrigated, 2022 census, with only 2 percent of irrigation water from groundwater in 2015, so surface supply carries this county. Land value was $3,947 per acre in 2022, up 56.3 percent from 2017-2022, 9.3 percent a year. July nightly lows averaged 48.7 F for 2017-2026 against a 46.8 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.81 F per decade, warming. Drought held severe or worse for 87 weeks from 2021-2025, against 322 of 1357 weeks, 23.7 percent, for 2000-2025.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
ID median $179 · 4th lowest of 32
ID median $3,689 · 19th highest of 42
ID median 33% · 5th 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 1996. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemhi County | $36 2023 | $74 | $3,947 | — |
| Butte County | — | $178 | $3,430 | $5.78 |
| Clark County | — | $138 | $3,102 | $14.51 |
| Custer County | — | $90 | $3,588 | — |
| Idaho County | $70 | — | $2,367 | $13.59 |
| Valley County | — | $106 | $3,900 | — |
| Beaverhead County, MT | $19 | $121 | $1,883 | $4.02 |
| Ravalli County, MT | $36 | $87 | $9,096 | — |
| Median next door | $36 | $114 | $3,430 | $9.69 |
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. Lemhi 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/lemhi-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.