Lincoln County, West Virginia
Lincoln County, WV: land and buildings $2,003 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 2.78 since 1990. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
July nightly lows here average 66.3 F over 2017-2026, up from a 64.7 F normal in 1991-2020. The trend since 1976 runs 0.54 F per decade, warming, and the 2020s is the first decade the July average low reached 66 F. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, and crop insurance losses in this county have leaned on excess moisture and flood, at 65 percent of indemnities from 1990-2009, more than heat and drought. Heat and drought's share fell from 54 percent in 1989-1999 to 16 percent in 2000-2009. Drought weeks stayed low, 40 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, worst year 2007 with 24 weeks. Land value rose 8.7 percent from 2017-2022. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed.
WV median $3,215 · 2nd lowest of 47
WV median $14.36 · highest of 7
WV median 20% · lowest of 48
Cash rent
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 1990. 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County | — | $2,003 | $64.10 |
| Boone County | — | $2,129 | — |
| Cabell County | $21 2024 | $5,367 | — |
| Kanawha County | — | $3,883 | — |
| Logan County | — | $3,077 | — |
| Mingo County | — | $1,361 | — |
| Putnam County | $44 2024 | $3,285 | — |
| Wayne County | $31 2025 | $2,644 | — |
| Median next door | — | $3,077 | — |
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. Lincoln 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/lincoln-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.