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Esmeralda County, Nevada

Esmeralda County, NV: land and buildings $3,086 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 4.93 since 2021. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 32009. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated

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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land and buildings

$3,086/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NV median $1,791 · 4th highest of 13

Rent as % of land value

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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield, median

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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

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under the premium floor for a figure

Farmland rented

16%

2022 census, rented from others
NV median 15% · 6th highest of 12

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,086/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$1,791/ac

Census 2017$2,083/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+48.2%+8.2% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2021. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.

Loss ratio, 2021–20234.93$5.4 million paid

Largest causes of loss, 2021–2022heat and drought 92% · freeze 8% · excess moisture 0%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025542 of 1,357 weeks40% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks202152 weeks

Last five years, 2021–2025157 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.2 °F1991–2020 normal 60.8 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+1.01 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September2.3 in1991–2020 normal

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.0 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, 2022none reported

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac

Irrigation wells on record100Nevada DWR well driller reports (new wells)

Median well depth300 ft

Cattle and calves, 20221,126+18.2% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202216%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Irr. rent	Land value
Esmeralda County	—	$3,086
Inyo County, CA	—	$961
Mono County, CA	—	$3,138
Mineral County	$79	$374
Nye County	—	$3,089
Median next door	$79 1 co.	$2,025

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. Esmeralda 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/esmeralda-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.

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