Farmland Atlas · county record

Wirt County, West Virginia

Wirt County, WV: non-irrigated cash rent $12 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,622 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54105. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Wirt County is $12 per acre, against a land value of $2,622 per acre in 2022. Land value rose 45 percent from 2017-2022, 7.7 percent a year. July nights average 64.4 F for 2017-2026, up from a 1991-2020 normal of 62.9 F, part of a warming trend of 0.49 F per decade since 1976. Drought has touched this county in 19 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2024 the worst year at 19 weeks. No solar or wind capacity operates here, and none is proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$12/ac
2026 county average
WV median $30 · lowest of 30
Land and buildings
$2,622/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WV median $3,215 · 10th lowest of 47
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 22% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
13%
2022 census, rented from others
WV median 20% · 12th lowest of 48

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30201520202025$28$12 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$12/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,622/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,642/ac
Census 2017$1,808/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+45.0%+7.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 22% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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

2000200520102015202020250190

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, 2000–202519 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202419 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202519 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.4 °F1991–2020 normal 62.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.49 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland264 ac
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland231 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland133 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202108484

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

CRP enrolled, 202584 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Cattle and calves, 20224,547+8.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202213%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand value
Wirt County$12$2,622
Calhoun County$27 2025$1,800
Jackson County$25$2,620
Ritchie County$15 2024$2,306
Roane County$16$2,057
Wood County$55$4,290
Median next door$25$2,306

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. Wirt 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/wirt-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.