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Emporia City, Virginia

Emporia City, VA: the public record carries few figures here. Each missing figure is shown with its reason. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51595. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Emporia City had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Emporia City's July nightly low averaged 70.1 F over 2017-2026, above the 1991-2020 normal of 68.7 F. The trend since 1976 runs 0.8 F per decade, warming. Fourteen Julys since 1900 have reached an average low at or above 70 F, and the first decade to reach 66 F was the 1900s. Drought has been light in recent years: 0 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 89 of 1357 weeks (6.6 percent) for 2000-2025, with 2002 the worst year at 41 weeks. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
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the census publishes no land value row for this county
Rent as % of land value
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not shown
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
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suppressed by NASS

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land value— the census publishes no land value row for this county

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250410

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, 2000–202589 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200241 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.1 °F1991–2020 normal 68.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.80 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Tile drainage and tillage— the 2022 census printed no land-use row for this county

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 2022none reported

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Emporia City———
Greensville County$96$2,861$9.82
Median next door$96 1 co.$2,861 1 co.$9.82 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. Emporia City, Virginia. 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/virginia/emporia-city
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.