Wise County, Virginia
Wise County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $28 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,671 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51195. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Wise County runs $28 per acre, against a census land value of $3,671 per acre. July nightly lows average 62.8 F over 2017-2026, up from the 61.7 F normal for 1991-2020, and the warming trend since 1976 runs 0.42 F per decade. Drought has been light in recent years: 0 weeks in severe drought or worse in 2021-2025, against 62 of 1357 weeks over 2000-2025, with 2007 the worst year at 27 weeks. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities was 51 percent in 1989-1999 and 33 percent in 2000-2009. Land value rose 18.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 3.5 percent a year.
VA median $47 · 5th lowest of 84
VA median $4,596 · 22nd lowest of 86
VA median 33% · 6th highest of 90
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 1994. 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 | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Wise County | $28 | $3,671 |
| Harlan County, KY | — | $2,816 |
| Letcher County, KY | — | $3,563 |
| Pike County, KY | — | $1,983 |
| Dickenson County | — | $2,612 |
| Lee County | $25 | $3,526 |
| Norton City | — | — |
| Russell County | $37 | $3,381 |
| Scott County | $31 | $3,600 |
| Median next door | $31 | $3,381 |
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. Wise County, 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/wise-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.