Kittitas County, Washington
Kittitas County, WA: irrigated cash rent $202 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,287 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.70 since 1996. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
All harvested cropland in Kittitas County is irrigated, 100 percent as of the 2022 census, with 14 percent of that water coming from groundwater in 2015. The county logged 134 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 39 weeks in 2005 alone and 24 weeks from 2021-2025. July nightly lows have warmed 0.94 F per decade since 1976, reaching 53.3 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 51.8 F.
WA median $350 · 3rd lowest of 14
WA median $5,067 · 16th lowest of 34
WA median $8.03 · 8th lowest of 21
WA median 34% · 12th 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 1995. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kittitas County | — | $202 | $4,287 | $7.26 |
| Chelan County | — | $758 2025 | $18,894 | $11.17 |
| Douglas County | $53 | $285 | $2,784 | $10.69 |
| Grant County | $52 | $449 2025 | $5,216 | $5.67 |
| King County | $164 | $460 | $38,716 | — |
| Yakima County | — | $231 | $2,782 | $6.30 |
| Median next door | $53 | $285 | $5,216 | $8.50 |
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. Kittitas 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/kittitas-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.