Wahkiakum County, Washington
Wahkiakum County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $20 an acre (2021); land and buildings $6,630 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53069. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Wahkiakum County averaged $20 per acre in 2021. Census data put land and buildings at $6,630 per acre in 2022, up 38 percent from 2017, or 6.7 percent a year. July nights average 51.7 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 51.4 F, with a warming trend of 0.49 F per decade since 1976; no July since 1900 has averaged a low at or above 70 F. Drought has touched this county lightly: 34 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw severe drought or worse, 7 of those weeks between 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
WA median $5,067 · 14th highest of 34
WA median 34% · 8th lowest of 34
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wahkiakum County | — | — | $6,630 | — |
| Clatsop County, OR | $83 2025 | — | $9,702 | — |
| Columbia County, OR | $100 | — | $10,651 | — |
| Cowlitz County | $84 | — | $10,824 | — |
| Lewis County | $77 | $103 2025 | $9,421 | $0.16 |
| Pacific County | $39 2025 | — | $5,238 | — |
| Median next door | $84 | — | $9,702 | $0.16 1 co. |
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. Wahkiakum 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/wahkiakum-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.