Washington County, Idaho
Washington County, ID: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2023); land and buildings $2,299 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16087. Figures as of 2026-10-06.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
ID median $178 · 12th highest of 33
ID median $3,689 · 4th lowest of 42
ID median $5.70 · 16th highest of 36
ID median 33% · 20th lowest of 42
Irrigation carries this county. Ninety-six percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and irrigated cash rent in 2026 is $221 per acre against $30 per acre for non-irrigated ground in 2023. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved 11 percent, 14 percent, 34 percent, 96 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 is 1.68, above the 1.07 ratio for the full 1989-2025 record. July nightly lows have warmed 1.19 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average of 59.6 F is above the 1991-2020 normal of 57 F.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published Idaho county rate, side by side: Idaho cash rent by county.
Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 15-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County | $30 2023 | $221 | $2,299 | $6.28 |
| Adams County | n/a | $70 | $2,752 | n/a |
| Gem County | n/a | $143 | $4,014 | $5.49 |
| Payette County | $34 2025 | $184 | $5,191 | $4.37 |
| Baker County, OR | $76 2024 | $118 | $1,942 | $7.78 |
| Malheur County, OR | n/a | $276 | $1,851 | $6.86 |
| Median next door | n/a | $143 | $2,752 | $6.18 |
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. Washington County, Idaho. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/idaho/washington-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.