Farmland Atlas · county record

Dare County, North Carolina

Dare County, NC: land and buildings $13,921 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care; crop insurance loss ratio 1.80 since 1999. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37055. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Dare County had 115 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

July nightly low in Dare County runs 73.6 F for 2017-2026, against a 72.4 F normal for 1991-2020. The trend since 1976 is 0.47 F per decade, warming. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 59 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 9 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$13,921/ac
2022 census · read with care: rose 231% from 2017 while next door rose a median 8%
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
39%
2022 census, rented from others
NC median 35%

Cash rent

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

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$13,921/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,858/ac
Census 2017$4,207/ac
Read with care— the 2022 census value rose 231% from 2017 while the 3 counties next door rose a median 8%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

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 1999. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Loss ratio, 1999–20251.80$2.1 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1999–2025excess moisture 60% · heat and drought 24% · wind 11%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250134

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, 2000–202559 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201113 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20259 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.6 °F1991–2020 normal 72.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.47 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202267%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 2022none reported
Cover crops, 202212% of cropland3 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101,6830

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
CRP average rental payment, FY2021$120/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Farmland rented from others, 202239%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Dare County—$13,921——
Currituck County$98$5,294158.0$3.83
Hyde County$182$3,814—$7.36
Tyrrell County$181$3,836145.8$4.66
Median next door$181$3,836151.9 2 co.$4.66

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. Dare County, North Carolina. 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/north-carolina/dare-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.