Rhea County, Tennessee
Rhea County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $26 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,301 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.53 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47143. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Rhea County runs $26 per acre, down 21.2 percent from 2014 to 2026. Land carries a census value of $5,301 per acre, up 23 percent from 2017 to 2022, 4.2 percent a year. No cropland here is irrigated, per the 2022 census. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, at 44 percent of $7.4 million paid; its share ran 50 percent in 1989-1999, 34 percent in 2000-2009, 43 percent in 2010-2019, and 53 percent in 2020-2025. July nights have warmed from a 66.8 F normal to 68.3 F over 2017-2026, part of a 0.55 F per decade warming trend since 1976.
TN median $65 · 6th lowest of 87
TN median $5,131 · 41st highest of 93
TN median $8.40 · 13th highest of 71
TN median 28% · 32nd highest of 94
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhea County | $26 | $5,301 | $18.74 |
| Bledsoe County | $80 | $4,089 | $25.41 |
| Cumberland County | $94 | $5,023 | — |
| Hamilton County | $29 | $8,551 | — |
| Meigs County | $25 | $5,327 | $17.41 |
| Roane County | $38 | $6,039 | — |
| Median next door | $38 | $5,327 | $21.41 2 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. Rhea County, Tennessee. 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/tennessee/rhea-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.