Washington County, Utah
Washington County, UT: non-irrigated cash rent $40 an acre (2025); land and buildings $8,684 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 49053. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland dominates here: 94 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and irrigated cash rent runs $148 per acre against $40 per acre non-irrigated. Non-irrigated rent is up 166.7 percent from 2013 to 2025. The census value of land and buildings was $8,684 per acre in 2022, up 132.4 percent from 2017, 18.4 percent a year. Drought has been a recurring presence, with 425 of 1357 weeks at severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, and 155 weeks from 2021-2025 alone; 2003 was the worst single year at 52 weeks. July nights have warmed: the 2017-2026 average low is 66.2 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 65 F, a 0.71 F per decade trend since 1976, with the 66 F mark first reached in the 2020s.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
UT median $3,900 · 7th highest of 28
UT median 22% · 4th highest 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 2018. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County | $40 2025 | $148 2025 | $8,684 |
| Mohave County, AZ | — | — | $1,045 |
| Lincoln County, NV | — | $207 2025 | $3,230 |
| Iron County | $23 2025 | $128 | $3,525 |
| Kane County | — | $107 | $4,475 |
| Median next door | — | $118 2 co. | $3,378 |
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. Washington 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/washington-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.