Farmland Atlas · county record

Wyandotte County, Kansas

Wyandotte County, KS: land and buildings $9,876 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.61 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20209. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Wyandotte County had 9,316 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Land value in Wyandotte County reached $9,876 per acre in 2022, up 46.5 percent from 2017, 7.9 percent a year. Irrigation water here comes 100 percent from groundwater, with 277 active points of diversion and 29 for irrigation, median priority year 1991. The county spent 113 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 27 weeks in 2012 alone and 22 weeks from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$9,876/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.43
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59
Farmland rented
47%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54%

Cash rent

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

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$9,876/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,809/ac
Census 2017$6,742/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+46.5%+7.9% 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

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$5.43
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.44claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.61$4.0 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 76% · heat and drought 19% · price decline (revenue policies) 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020254274

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, 2000–2025113 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201227 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202522 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.8 °F1991–2020 normal 68.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.07 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 93% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Farmed no-till, 202230% of cropland1,627 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101987

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

CRP enrolled, 20257 ac
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)29
Median priority year1991
Solar and wind operating, 20251 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022534−39.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202247%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Wyandotte County—$9,876—$5.43
Johnson County$71$6,558—$7.06
Leavenworth County$86$5,077—$3.20
Clay County, MO$175$6,629—$5.71
Jackson County, MO$158$6,658—$4.00
Platte County, MO$168$5,713160.1$3.90
Median next door$158$6,558160.1 1 co.$4.00

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Wyandotte County, Kansas. 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/kansas/wyandotte-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.