Humboldt County, Nevada
Humboldt County, NV: irrigated cash rent $123 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,164 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.06 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 32013. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
All harvested cropland in Humboldt County is irrigated, and 82 percent of that irrigation water came from groundwater in 2015. The July average nightly low ran 56 F under the 1991-2020 normal and 58.4 F over 2017-2026, with warming since 1976 at 0.86 F per decade. Freeze and frost caused 38 percent of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, closed crop years, more than heat and drought, which ran 46 percent in 2000-2009, 14 percent in 2010-2019, and 25 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 536 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 98 of those weeks in 2021-2025 alone. Census value of land and buildings reached $1,164 per acre in 2022, up 31.2 percent from 2017-2022.
NV median $107 · 2nd highest of 4
NV median $1,791 · tied for 5th lowest of 13
NV median $10.54 · 2nd highest of 4
NV median 15% · 3rd highest 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 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt County | — | $123 | $1,164 | $15.44 |
| Owyhee County, ID | $21 2023 | $254 | $2,025 | $2.53 |
| Elko County | — | $91 | $647 | — |
| Lander County | — | — | $1,115 | — |
| Pershing County | — | — | $1,164 | $19.54 |
| Washoe County | — | — | $1,083 | — |
| Harney County, OR | $26 2024 | $78 | $1,268 | — |
| Malheur County, OR | — | $276 | $1,851 | $6.86 |
| Median next door | — | $173 | $1,164 | $6.86 |
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. Humboldt 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/humboldt-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.