Beaver County, Utah
Beaver County, UT: irrigated cash rent $97 an acre (2024); land and buildings $3,779 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.76 since 1992. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 49001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigation is the story in Beaver County. 98 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and 59 percent of that water comes from groundwater as of 2015. Drought pressure has been present: 319 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw at least 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse, with 52 weeks in 2021 alone, and 134 weeks from 2021-2025. July nights have warmed 0.74 F per decade since 1976, with the 2017-2026 average nightly low at 59 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 57.3 F.
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
UT median $3,900 · 14th lowest of 28
UT median 22% · 8th lowest of 29
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 1992. 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver County | — | $97 2024 | $3,779 | — |
| Lincoln County, NV | — | $207 2025 | $3,230 | — |
| Garfield County | — | $96 | $4,398 | — |
| Iron County | $23 2025 | $128 | $3,525 | — |
| Millard County | $15 | $135 | $3,334 | $11.62 |
| Piute County | $32 2025 | $90 | $4,020 | — |
| Sevier County | $12 | $97 | $5,351 | — |
| Median next door | $14 2 co. | $97 | $3,773 | $11.62 1 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. Beaver County, Utah. 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/utah/beaver-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.