Grant County, West Virginia
Grant County, WV: non-irrigated cash rent $27 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,008 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54023. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Grant County averages $27 per acre, down 3.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. July nights average 60.6 F for 2017-2026, up from a 1991-2020 normal of 59.2 F, with a warming trend of 0.45 F per decade since 1976. Crop insurance indemnities from 1990-2025 total $517,954, with heat and drought the largest cause at 82 percent; that share was 84 percent in 1989-1999, 79 percent in 2010-2019, and 89 percent in 2020-2025. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 54 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 40 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025 and 24 weeks in 2024 alone. Land value reached $3,008 per acre in 2022, up 14.7 percent from 2017.
WV median $30 · tied for 12th lowest of 30
WV median $3,215 · 19th lowest of 47
WV median 20% · 15th highest of 48
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
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. 2026, still open, is left out.
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant County | $27 | $3,008 | — | — |
| Garrett County, MD | $45 | $5,541 | 137.4 | $12.13 |
| Hardy County | $45 | $4,212 | — | $10.27 |
| Mineral County | $27 | $3,232 | — | — |
| Pendleton County | $35 | $3,163 | — | — |
| Preston County | $27 | $3,218 | — | $14.36 |
| Randolph County | $34 | $2,785 | — | — |
| Tucker County | $35 | $3,965 | — | — |
| Median next door | $35 | $3,232 | 137.4 1 co. | $12.13 |
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. Grant 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/grant-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.