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Doddridge County, West Virginia

Doddridge County, WV: non-irrigated cash rent $26 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,479 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54017. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Doddridge County averages $26 per acre in 2026, up 136.4 percent from 2014. Land value under the 2022 census stands at $2,479 per acre, up 16.4 percent from 2017, or 3.1 percent a year. July nights have warmed since 1976 at 0.62 F per decade, and the 2017-2026 average nightly low of 63.9 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.1 F. Drought has touched the county in 15 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, all 15 falling in the 2021-2025 span, with 2024 the worst year at 15 weeks.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$26/ac
2026 county average
WV median $30 · 11th lowest of 30
Land and buildings
$2,479/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WV median $3,215 · 7th lowest 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
—
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
15%
2022 census, rented from others
WV median 20% · 14th lowest of 48

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40201520202025$10$26 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, 2026$26/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+136.4%nominal, $11 to $26
Pasture, 2026$4/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,479/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,882/ac
Census 2017$2,129/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+16.4%+3.1% 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

2000200520102015202020250150

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, 2000–202515 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202415 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202515 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.9 °F1991–2020 normal 62.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.62 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland52 ac
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland292 ac
Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland7 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021080

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Cattle and calves, 20222,738−2.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202215%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand value
Doddridge County$26$2,479
Gilmer County$20 2025$2,104
Harrison County$19$3,496
Lewis County$24$2,652
Ritchie County$15 2024$2,306
Tyler County—$2,816
Wetzel County—$2,290
Median next door$21 2 co.$2,479

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. Doddridge 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/doddridge-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.