Lee County, Kentucky
Lee County, KY: land and buildings $3,452 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21129. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
July nightly lows average 66.5 F for 2017-2026, up from a 1991-2020 normal of 64.9 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.4 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought caused 65 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1995-2006, with the heat and drought share at 92 percent for 1989-1999 and 20 percent for 2000-2009. Drought weeks stayed low across 2000-2025, with 54 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse and zero such weeks in 2021-2025. Land value is $3,452 per acre in 2022, up 68.6 percent from 2017-2022. No cropland is irrigated, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed in the county.
KY median $4,449 · 28th lowest of 114
KY median 25% · 37th lowest of 115
Cash rent
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 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee County | — | $3,452 | — | — |
| Breathitt County | — | $2,132 | — | — |
| Estill County | $22 | $3,319 | 133.4 | — |
| Jackson County | $27 | $3,099 | — | — |
| Owsley County | — | $2,657 | — | — |
| Powell County | — | $3,262 | — | $24.23 |
| Wolfe County | $55 | $2,864 | — | — |
| Median next door | $27 | $2,982 | 133.4 1 co. | $24.23 1 co. |
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. Lee County, Kentucky. 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/kentucky/lee-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.