Eureka County, Nevada
Eureka County, NV: irrigated cash rent $76 an acre (2023); land and buildings $577 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 32011. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigation defines this county: 100 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and 98 percent of that water comes from groundwater. July nights average 53.8 F for 2017-2026, against a 51.8 F normal for 1991-2020, and the July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.89 F per decade, warming. Drought pressure has been present here: 527 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 sat at severe drought or worse, with 2013 the worst year at 53 weeks, and 107 such weeks came in 2021-2025 alone. Census land and building value stood at $577 per acre in 2022, up 15.4 percent from 2017-2022, or 2.9 percent a year.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
NV median $1,791 · 2nd lowest of 13
NV median 15% · 5th lowest of 12
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
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 | Irr. rent | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Eureka County | $76 2023 | $577 |
| Elko County | $91 | $647 |
| Lander County | — | $1,115 |
| Nye County | — | $3,089 |
| White Pine County | $96 2023 | $1,791 |
| Median next door | $91 1 co. | $1,453 |
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. Eureka 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/eureka-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.