Lincoln County, Montana
Lincoln County, MT: non-irrigated cash rent $25 an acre (2020); land and buildings $4,690 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 30053. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lincoln County ran $25 per acre in 2020. Irrigation covers 71 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, with groundwater supplying 2 percent of that water in 2015. July nights have warmed, from 48.2 F in the 1991-2020 normal to 50.1 F in 2017-2026, a trend of 0.8 F per decade since 1976. Drought weeks ran 210 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 46 in 2021-2025 and the worst year, 2001, at 42 weeks.
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
MT median 29% · 13th lowest of 56
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County | — | — | $4,690 | — |
| Bonner County, ID | $53 | — | $6,142 | — |
| Boundary County, ID | $81 | — | $5,691 | $6.96 |
| Flathead County | $43 | $71 | $9,225 | $5.40 |
| Sanders County | $22 | $62 | $1,180 | — |
| Median next door | $48 | $67 2 co. | $5,917 | $6.18 2 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. Lincoln County, Montana. 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/montana/lincoln-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.