Columbia County, Washington
Columbia County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $110 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,280 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53013. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Columbia County averages $110 per acre for 2026, up 279.3 percent from 2014. Land value in the 2022 census was $2,280 per acre, up 40 percent from 2017, 7 percent a year. Heat and drought caused 71 percent of $97.5 million in crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, and that share rose across 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025, at 30 percent, 69 percent, and 81 percent. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 86 over 2021-2025, against 179 of 1357 weeks for the full 2000-2025 span. Wind operating capacity stands at 657.4 MW, with no solar and no new capacity proposed to EIA.
WA median $64 · 5th highest of 22
WA median $5,067 · 7th lowest of 34
WA median $8.03 · 3rd highest of 21
WA median 34% · 9th highest of 34
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 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia County | $110 | — | $2,280 | $13.19 |
| Umatilla County, OR | $79 2025 | $478 | $2,437 | $7.50 |
| Wallowa County, OR | $52 | $109 | $1,654 | $15.65 |
| Franklin County | $34 | $553 2025 | $5,182 | $5.54 |
| Garfield County | $71 | — | $1,814 | $8.66 |
| Walla Walla County | $74 2025 | $297 | $3,786 | $7.58 |
| Whitman County | $79 | — | $2,528 | $12.08 |
| Median next door | $61 | $297 | $2,483 | $8.12 |
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. Columbia County, Washington. 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/washington/columbia-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.