Lincoln County, Washington
Lincoln County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $57 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,603 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lincoln County stands at $57 per acre for 2026, up 34.1 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent in 2024 was $441 per acre, but only 6 percent of harvested cropland carries irrigation, most of it drawn from groundwater at 80 percent. Heat and drought has driven crop insurance losses here, rising in share across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025, and it accounts for 66 percent of the $291.4 million paid out over 1989-2025 in closed crop years. The county spent 80 weeks in severe drought or worse during 2021-2025, against 197 weeks of 1357 for the full 2000-2025 span. Land values rose 31.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, reaching $1,603 per acre by the operators' own estimate.
WA median $64 · 11th lowest of 22
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
WA median $5,067 · lowest of 34
WA median $8.03 · 5th highest of 21
WA median 34% · 2nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County | $57 | $441 2024 | $1,603 | $12.14 |
| Adams County | $57 | $467 | $2,133 | $12.17 |
| Ferry County | — | — | $929 | — |
| Grant County | $52 | $449 2025 | $5,216 | $5.67 |
| Okanogan County | $30 | $253 | $1,929 | $9.81 |
| Spokane County | $50 | $79 2023 | $4,951 | $14.88 |
| Stevens County | $50 | $63 2024 | $2,014 | — |
| Whitman County | $79 | — | $2,528 | $12.08 |
| Median next door | $51 | $360 2 co. | $2,133 | $12.08 |
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. Lincoln 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/lincoln-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.