Potter County, Pennsylvania
Potter County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $22 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,653 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42105. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Potter County averages $22 per acre in 2026, down 14 percent from 2016. Excess moisture and flood is the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025, closed crop years, at 40 percent of $4.4 million, but heat and drought's share has moved from 13 percent in 1989-1999, to 21 percent in 2000-2009, to 27 percent in 2010-2019, to 58 percent in 2020-2025. July nights average 57 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 55.4 F. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county for 20 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, and none of those weeks fell in 2021-2025. Wind operating capacity stands at 90 MW, with 38.7 MW of solar proposed to EIA and none operating.
PA median $68 · 4th lowest of 60
PA median $7,064 · 3rd lowest of 63
PA median $8.42 · 14th lowest of 52
PA median 30% · 10th lowest of 63
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potter County | $22 | $3,653 | — | $6.63 |
| Allegany County, NY | $85 | $3,316 | — | $11.64 |
| Steuben County, NY | $58 | $3,076 | 136.6 | $12.03 |
| Cameron County | — | $2,594 | — | — |
| Clinton County | $84 | $8,278 | 136.4 | $4.82 |
| Lycoming County | $65 | $6,578 | 131.0 | $10.92 |
| McKean County | $19 | $4,268 | — | — |
| Tioga County | $48 | $4,552 | 128.5 | $16.68 |
| Median next door | $61 | $4,268 | 133.7 | $11.64 |
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. Potter County, Pennsylvania. 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/pennsylvania/potter-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.