Farmland Atlas · county record

Fayette County, West Virginia

Fayette County, WV: land and buildings $4,123 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54019. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in 2022 stood at $4,123 per acre, up 41.5 percent from 2017, a 7.2 percent a year pace. July nightly lows averaged 62.4 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 61.3 F, with a warming trend of 0.38 F per decade since 1976. No July since 1900 has averaged a low at or above 70 F. Drought has been light: 11 of 1357 weeks at severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 9 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$4,123/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WV median $3,215 · 11th highest of 47
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
16%
2022 census, rented from others
WV median 20% · 17th lowest of 48

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,123/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,458/ac
Census 2017$2,913/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+41.5%+7.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

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

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025063

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, 2000–202511 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20246 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20259 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.4 °F1991–2020 normal 61.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.38 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 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, 20221% of cropland62 ac
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland465 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland114 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210155155

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

CRP enrolled, 2025155 ac3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202826 ac17% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$20/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20222,312−5.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202216%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand value
Fayette County—$4,123
Greenbrier County$51$3,317
Kanawha County—$3,883
Nicholas County$25$3,066
Raleigh County$25$4,225
Summers County$24 2023$2,702
Median next door$25$3,317

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. Fayette 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/fayette-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.