Wetzel County, West Virginia
Wetzel County, WV: land and buildings $2,290 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54103. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land in Wetzel County was valued by operators at $2,290 per acre in the 2022 Census, up 18.8 percent from 2017, or 3.5 percent a year. July nights average 63.1 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 61.7 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.54 F per decade, warming. No July since 1900 has averaged a nightly low at or above 70 F. Drought has touched this county in 20 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2024 the worst year at 15 weeks, and all 20 of those weeks fall within 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
WV median $3,215 · 5th lowest of 47
WV median 20% · 2nd 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wetzel County | — | $2,290 |
| Monroe County, OH | $27 2024 | $4,184 |
| Greene County, PA | $49 | $5,257 |
| Doddridge County | $26 | $2,479 |
| Harrison County | $19 | $3,496 |
| Marion County | $41 | $3,858 |
| Marshall County | — | $3,668 |
| Monongalia County | $18 | $5,944 |
| Tyler County | — | $2,816 |
| Median next door | $26 | $3,763 |
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. Wetzel 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/wetzel-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.