Shoshone County, Idaho
Shoshone County, ID: land and buildings $8,542 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16079. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Shoshone County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Land value in Shoshone County stands at $8,542 per acre as of the 2022 Census, with a change of 27.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 4.9 percent a year. July nights average 51.5 F for 2017-2026, up from a 49.9 F normal over 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.78 F per decade, warming. No July since 1900 has averaged a low at or above 70 F. Drought was present in 246 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2021-2025 holding 110 such weeks and 2001 the worst single year at 42 weeks. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
ID median $3,689
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoshone County | — | — | $8,542 | — |
| Benewah County | $80 | — | $2,747 | $13.09 |
| Bonner County | $53 | — | $6,142 | — |
| Clearwater County | $57 | — | $3,570 | $26.35 |
| Kootenai County | $65 2025 | $70 | $11,050 | $12.61 |
| Latah County | $80 | — | $3,464 | $10.90 |
| Mineral County, MT | — | — | $5,629 | — |
| Sanders County, MT | $22 | $62 | $1,180 | — |
| Median next door | $57 | $66 2 co. | $3,570 | $12.85 |
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. Shoshone 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/shoshone-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.