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Cabell County, West Virginia

Cabell County, WV: non-irrigated cash rent $21 an acre (2024); land and buildings $5,367 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54011. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Cabell County averages $20 per acre in 2024, up 2.5 percent from 2014. Census land and building values reached $5,367 per acre in 2022, up 50.6 percent from 2017, or 8.5 percent a year. July nights have warmed: the 1991-2020 normal low is 64.8 F, the 2017-2026 average is 66.5 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.53 F per decade, warming. The 2020s is the first decade the July average low reached 66 F. Drought has stayed limited: severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 40 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 14 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$21/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$5,367/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WV median $3,215 · 5th highest of 47
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
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
8%
2022 census, rented from others
WV median 20% · 6th lowest of 48

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60201020152020$26$21 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2024$21/ac
Change 2014 to 2024+2.5%nominal, $20 to $21

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,367/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,998/ac
Census 2017$3,564/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+50.6%+8.5% 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

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.

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2009excess moisture 53% · heat and drought 32% · other 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250240

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, 2000–202540 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200724 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202514 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.5 °F1991–2020 normal 64.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.53 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 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
Drained by tile, 20224% of cropland286 ac
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland428 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland146 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021066

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

CRP enrolled, 20256 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Cattle and calves, 20222,607+6.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Cabell County$21 2024$5,367——
Gallia County, OH$63$3,625148.1$11.80
Lawrence County, OH$51$3,357—$8.89
Lincoln County—$2,003—$64.10
Mason County$103$2,972—$7.11
Putnam County$44 2024$3,285——
Wayne County$31 2025$2,644——
Median next door$63$3,129148.1 1 co.$10.35

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. Cabell County, West Virginia. 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/west-virginia/cabell-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.