Farmland Atlas · county record

Webster County, West Virginia

Webster County, WV: land and buildings $1,960 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54101. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Webster County had 7,354 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

July nights average 60.8 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 59.5 F, and the warming trend since 1976 runs 0.44 F per decade. Drought has touched the county in 34 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2024 the worst year at 19 weeks, and 27 weeks fell in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$1,960/ac
2022 census · read with care: fell 15% from 2017 while next door rose a median 22%
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
—
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
15%
2022 census, rented from others
WV median 20%

Cash rent

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

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,960/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,194/ac
Census 2017$2,299/ac
Read with care— the 2022 census value fell 15% from 2017 while the 7 counties next door rose a median 22%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

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

2000200520102015202020250198

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, 2000–202534 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202419 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202527 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.8 °F1991–2020 normal 59.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.44 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September31.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland47 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland11 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210280

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Cattle and calves, 2022357−25.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202215%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand value
Webster County—$1,960
Braxton County$29$1,813
Greenbrier County$51$3,317
Lewis County$24$2,652
Nicholas County$25$3,066
Pocahontas County$37$3,089
Randolph County$34$2,785
Upshur County—$3,215
Median next door$32$3,066

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. Webster 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/webster-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.