Kanawha County, West Virginia
Kanawha County, WV: land and buildings $3,883 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54039. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land value in 2022 stands at $3,883 per acre, with a change of 0.1 percent from 2017-2022, 0 percent a year. July nightly lows have moved from a 1991-2020 normal of 64.2 F to 65.8 F for 2017-2026, a trend of 0.52 F per decade, warming. The 2020s is the first decade the July average low reached 66 F. Drought was rare across 2000-2025, with severe drought or worse in 26 of 1357 weeks, 1.9 percent, and 2024 was the worst year at 16 weeks; 2021-2025 held 21 such weeks. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed in the county.
WV median $3,215 · 14th highest of 47
WV median 20% · 3rd 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha County | — | $3,883 | — |
| Boone County | — | $2,129 | — |
| Clay County | — | $2,599 | — |
| Fayette County | — | $4,123 | — |
| Jackson County | $25 | $2,620 | — |
| Lincoln County | — | $2,003 | $64.10 |
| Nicholas County | $25 | $3,066 | — |
| Putnam County | $44 2024 | $3,285 | — |
| Raleigh County | $25 | $4,225 | — |
| Roane County | $16 | $2,057 | — |
| Median next door | $25 | $2,620 | $64.10 1 co. |
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. Kanawha 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/kanawha-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.