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Churchill County, Nevada

Churchill County, NV: irrigated cash rent $199 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,955 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 32001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cropland here is 100 percent irrigated, and groundwater supplies only 2 percent of that water, so this county's farming depends on surface water. July nights have warmed too, up 0.88 F per decade since 1976, with the 2017-2026 average low at 58.9 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 57.2 F. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 26 percent in 2010-2019 to 32 percent in 2020-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
—
no dry rent published
Cash rent, irrigated
$199/ac
2026 county average
NV median $107 · highest of 4
Land and buildings
$2,955/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NV median $1,791 · 5th highest of 13
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.64
2016–2025, closed crop years
NV median $10.54 · 2nd lowest of 4
Farmland rented
9%
2022 census, rented from others
NV median 15% · 3rd lowest of 12

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$113$199 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Irrigated, 2026$199/acno dry rent published

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,955/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,431/ac
Census 2017$1,915/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+54.3%+9.1% 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 1993. 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$5.64
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.63claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1993–20250.60$1.7 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1996–2025price decline (revenue policies) 31% · heat and drought 28% · irrigation failure 15%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250530

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, 2000–2025582 of 1,357 weeks43% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201353 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202596 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.9 °F1991–2020 normal 57.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.88 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September2.7 in1991–2020 normal
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022100%
Drained by tile, 20227% of cropland2,551 ac
Farmed no-till, 202210% of cropland3,684 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland2,397 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Irrigation wells on record102Nevada DWR well driller reports (new wells)
Median well depth258 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202572.9 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202261,993+3.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20229%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Churchill County$199$2,955$5.64
Lander County—$1,115—
Lyon County$178 2023$3,107$1.56
Mineral County$79$374—
Nye County—$3,089—
Pershing County—$1,164$19.54
Washoe County—$1,083—
Median next door$79 1 co.$1,140$10.55 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. Churchill County, Nevada. 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/nevada/churchill-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.