Clay County, West Virginia
Clay County, WV: land and buildings $2,599 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54015. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land value in Clay County stands at $2,599 per acre in the 2022 census, up 50.9 percent from 2017, or 8.6 percent a year. July nightly lows have warmed from 63.3 F to 64.6 F against the 1991-2020 normal, part of a trend of 0.54 F per decade since 1976, and no July since 1900 has averaged 70 F or above. Drought has touched this county in 28 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 26 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025 and 2024 alone accounting for 19 weeks.
WV median $3,215 · 8th lowest of 47
WV median 20% · 5th lowest of 48
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 | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Clay County | — | $2,599 |
| Braxton County | $29 | $1,813 |
| Calhoun County | $27 2025 | $1,800 |
| Kanawha County | — | $3,883 |
| Nicholas County | $25 | $3,066 |
| Roane County | $16 | $2,057 |
| Median next door | $25 | $2,057 |
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. Clay 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/clay-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.