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Skamania County, Washington

Skamania County, WA: land and buildings $15,564 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53059. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Skamania County had 6,416 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$15,564/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WA median $5,067
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
26%
2022 census, rented from others
WA median 34%

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$15,564/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$10,166/ac
Census 2017$12,082/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+28.8%+5.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

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.

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202502316

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–202589 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201523 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202521 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202650.7 °F1991–2020 normal 49.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.59 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September20.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 87% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202233%
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland118 ac
Cover crops, 202211% of cropland173 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 2022553+15.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202226%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Skamania County——$15,564—
Hood River County, OR—$759$19,141$2.49
Multnomah County, OR$164 2025$274$27,472—
Clark County$90$418$18,755—
Cowlitz County$84—$10,824—
Klickitat County$42$383 2024$2,482$8.03
Lewis County$77$103 2025$9,421$0.16
Yakima County—$231$2,782$6.30
Median next door$80$346$10,824$4.40

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Skamania 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/skamania-county
Every 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.