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Uintah County, Utah

Uintah County, UT: non-irrigated cash rent $46 an acre (2026); land and buildings $901 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.80 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 49047. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value sits at $901 per acre, up 43 percent from 2017-2022. July nightly lows have run 58.3 F over 2017-2026 against a 56.3 F normal for 1991-2020, part of a warming trend of 0.76 F per decade since 1976. Drought has been present: 412 of 1357 weeks since 2000 fell at or above 50 percent severe drought coverage, with 117 of those weeks in 2021-2025 alone.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$46/ac
2026 county average
UT median $34 · 2nd highest of 10
Cash rent, irrigated
$85/ac
2026 county average
UT median $107 · 3rd lowest of 24
Land and buildings
$901/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
UT median $3,900 · 2nd lowest of 28
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
4%
2022 census, rented from others
UT median 22% · 2nd lowest of 29

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$21$46 dry$56$85 irrigated

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$46/ac
Irrigated, 2026$85/ac
Pasture, 2026$6/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$901/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$633/ac
Census 2017$630/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+43.0%+7.4% 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

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.

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.80$826,566 paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 43% · heat and drought 17% · irrigation failure 17%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202505211

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, 2000–2025412 of 1,357 weeks30% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025117 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.3 °F1991–2020 normal 56.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.76 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September6.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 79% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202296%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland284 ac
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland2,083 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland2,021 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102,0040

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
CRP average rental payment, FY2023$35/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202512.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202232,470−8.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20224%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand value
Uintah County$46$85$901
Garfield County, CO—$68 2025$3,654
Moffat County, CO$20 2024$91 2023$1,560
Rio Blanco County, CO$13 2025$87$1,911
Carbon County—$89$2,617
Daggett County——$3,609
Duchesne County$40$117$1,649
Emery County$20$106$6,319
Grand County——$1,110
Median next door$30 2 co.$97$2,264

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. Uintah 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/uintah-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.