Portsmouth City, Virginia
Portsmouth 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 51740. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Portsmouth City had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
July average nightly low for 2017-2026 is 72.7 F, above the 1991-2020 normal of 71.7 F. The July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.55 F per decade, warming, and 80 Julys since 1900 have had an average low at or above 70 F. Drought pressure has eased: 2000-2025 shows 67 of 1357 weeks with at least 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse, worst year 2002 with 28 weeks, and 2021-2025 shows 0 such weeks. There is no solar or wind operating or proposed in this county.
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth City | — | — | — | — |
| Chesapeake City | $79 2025 | $5,707 | 156.3 | $4.88 |
| Norfolk City | — | — | — | — |
| Suffolk City | $103 | $4,816 | 128.7 | $3.89 |
| Median next door | $103 1 co. | $5,262 2 co. | 142.5 2 co. | $4.39 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. Portsmouth 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/portsmouth-cityEvery 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.