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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.

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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.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$20/ac
2021 county average
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$6,630/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WA median $5,067 · 14th highest of 34
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
17%
2022 census, rented from others
WA median 34% · 8th lowest of 34

Cash rent

Non-irrigated, 2021$20/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,630/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,692/ac
Census 2017$4,805/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+38.0%+6.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250170

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, 2000–202534 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201517 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20257 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202651.7 °F1991–2020 normal 51.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.49 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September18.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 84% 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, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland162 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021040490

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

CRP enrolled, 202590 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–202824 ac
Farmland rented from others, 202217%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims 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.

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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-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.