Farmland Atlas · county record

White Pine County, Nevada

White Pine County, NV: irrigated cash rent $96 an acre (2023); land and buildings $1,791 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 32033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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All harvested cropland here is irrigated, and 94 percent of that irrigation water comes from groundwater, 2015. Drought weeks at severe or worse ran 404 of 1357 (29.8 percent) from 2000-2025, with 2021 at 52 weeks and 134 weeks across 2021-2025. July nightly lows averaged 55 F in 2017-2026, up from the 53.3 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.72 F per decade, warming. Land value rose 35.1 percent from 2017-2022, 6.2 percent a year, to $1,791 per acre. Wind operating stands at 150 MW, with 300 MW solar and 0 MW wind proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
—
no dry rent published
Cash rent, irrigated
$96/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$1,791/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NV median $1,791 · 7th lowest of 13
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
24%
2022 census, rented from others
NV median 15% · 2nd highest of 12

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100201220142016201820202022$104$96 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, 2023$96/acno dry rent published

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,791/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$817/ac
Census 2017$1,326/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+35.1%+6.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— 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 1997. 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

20002005201020152020202505227

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, 2000–2025404 of 1,357 weeks30% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025134 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202655.0 °F1991–2020 normal 53.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.72 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September5.9 in1991–2020 normal
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.2 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
Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland1,194 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland658 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Irrigation wells on record332Nevada DWR well driller reports (new wells)
Median well depth220 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 150 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202219,159−31.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202224%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
White Pine County—$96 2023$1,791—
Elko County—$91$647—
Eureka County—$76 2023$577—
Lincoln County—$207 2025$3,230—
Nye County——$3,089—
Juab County, UT$11 2024$61$2,646—
Millard County, UT$15$135$3,334$11.62
Tooele County, UT$27 2025$103$3,447—
Median next door$15 1 co.$97$3,089$11.62 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. White Pine 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/white-pine-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.