Martin County, Kentucky
Martin County, KY: land and buildings $2,372 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21159. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Martin County had 9,488 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
July average nightly low, 2017-2026, is 65.6 F, against a 1991-2020 normal of 64.4 F, with a warming trend since 1976 of 0.5 F per decade. No July since 1900 has averaged a low at or above 70 F. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 38 of 1357 from 2000-2025, worst year 2007 with 25 weeks, and only 2 weeks from 2021-2025. Solar operating stands at 111 MW; wind operating is 0 MW.
KY median 25%
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 | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Martin County | — | $2,372 |
| Floyd County | — | $2,988 |
| Johnson County | — | $3,144 |
| Lawrence County | $44 2025 | $2,800 |
| Pike County | — | $1,983 |
| Mingo County, WV | — | $1,361 |
| Wayne County, WV | $31 2025 | $2,644 |
| Median next door | — | $2,722 |
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. Martin 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/martin-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.