Lewis County, West Virginia
Lewis County, WV: non-irrigated cash rent $24 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,652 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54041. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lewis County averages $24 per acre in 2026, up 56.7 percent since 2014. July nights average 64 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 62.3 F, and the July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.55 F per decade, warming. Drought has touched the county in short bursts: 23 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 reached severe drought or worse, with 20 of those weeks in 2024 alone, and 22 weeks came in 2021-2025. Land value stood at $2,652 per acre in the 2022 census, up 22.8 percent from 2017, or 4.2 percent a year. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
WV median $30 · 6th lowest of 30
WV median $3,215 · 12th lowest of 47
WV median 20% · 7th 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 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lewis County | $24 | $2,652 |
| Braxton County | $29 | $1,813 |
| Doddridge County | $26 | $2,479 |
| Gilmer County | $20 2025 | $2,104 |
| Harrison County | $19 | $3,496 |
| Upshur County | — | $3,215 |
| Webster County | — | $1,960 |
| Median next door | $26 | $2,292 |
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. Lewis 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/lewis-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.