Farmland Atlas · county record

Fall River County, South Dakota

Fall River County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $24 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,082 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46047. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$24/ac
2026 county average
SD median $112 · lowest of 63
Land and buildings
$1,082/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SD median $3,173 · 3rd lowest of 66
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$22.49
2016–2025, closed crop years
SD median $11.31 · 6th highest of 65
Farmland rented
19%
2022 census, rented from others
SD median 46% · lowest of 66

Cash rent

$0$10$202010201520202025$14$24 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$24/ac
Pasture, 2026$10/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,082/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$515/ac
Census 2017$716/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+51.1%+8.6% 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

20092014201920240.681.691.101.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$22.49
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.81claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.92$23.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 13
Worst year2016ratio 1.69
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 65% · hail 16% · freeze 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202504120

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, 2000–2025337 of 1,357 weeks25% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200741 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202587 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202659.3 °F1991–2020 normal 58.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.31 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September13.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 92% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger5.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202218%
Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland3,435 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland1,959 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021032,51532,515

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

CRP enrolled, 202532,515 ac34.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$12/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202580 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202276,659+23.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202219%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Fall River County$24—$1,082—$22.49
Dawes County, NE$35$170$1,397—$20.30
Sioux County, NE$24$144$1,283168.7$5.68
Custer County$29—$1,832—$27.30
Oglala Lakota County$34 2024—$871—$27.55
Niobrara County, WY$14 2025$135$791—$3.57
Median next door$29$144$1,283168.7 1 co.$20.30

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Fall River County, South Dakota. 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/south-dakota/fall-river-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.