Noble County, Ohio
Noble County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,332 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 140.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39121. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Noble County is $48 per acre, up 69.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value stands at $4,332 per acre, up 40.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 7.1 percent a year. Corn yield has a 2012-2023 median of 140 bushels per acre, with 2012 the worst year at 111.2. Drought weeks were rare from 2000-2025 at 29 of 1357, but 25 of those fell in 2021-2025, and heat and drought caused 83 percent of indemnities in 2020-2025 against 62 percent over 1989-2025. July nightly lows averaged 63.6 F over 2017-2026, up from the 61.9 F normal of 1991-2020, warming at 0.56 F per decade since 1976. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
OH median $168 · 3rd lowest of 76
OH median $7,956 · 9th lowest of 87
OH median 37% · 27th lowest of 87
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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noble County | $48 | $4,332 | — | — |
| Belmont County | $27 | $4,446 | — | — |
| Guernsey County | $56 | $5,198 | 147.8 | $7.52 |
| Monroe County | $27 2024 | $4,184 | — | — |
| Morgan County | $56 | $4,363 | 140.3 | $9.64 |
| Muskingum County | $120 | $5,530 | 168.4 | $4.87 |
| Washington County | $65 | $4,671 | 154.0 | $8.60 |
| Median next door | $56 | $4,559 | 150.9 | $8.06 |
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. Noble County, Ohio. 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/ohio/noble-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.