Lyon County, Nevada
Lyon County, NV: irrigated cash rent $178 an acre (2023); land and buildings $3,107 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.47 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 32019. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Cropland here is 100 percent irrigated, and groundwater supplies only 6 percent of that water, so the county depends on surface delivery. Drought exposure is present: severe drought or worse covered the county 491 of 1357 weeks between 2000-2025, with 2013 the worst year at 53 weeks, and 96 weeks came in 2021-2025 alone. July nights have warmed, running 58.8 F over 2017-2026 against a 56.5 F normal for 1991-2020, with a warming trend of 1.06 F per decade since 1976.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
NV median $1,791 · 2nd highest of 13
NV median $10.54 · lowest of 4
NV median 15% · 4th 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 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon County | $178 2023 | $3,107 | $1.56 |
| Mono County, CA | — | $3,138 | — |
| Carson City | — | $13,675 | — |
| Churchill County | $199 | $2,955 | $5.64 |
| Douglas County | — | $2,627 | — |
| Mineral County | $79 | $374 | — |
| Storey County | — | $77,197 | — |
| Washoe County | — | $1,083 | — |
| Median next door | $139 2 co. | $2,955 | $5.64 1 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. Lyon 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/lyon-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.