Florence County, Wisconsin
Florence County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $25 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,734 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Florence County averages $25 per acre in 2026. Census land and buildings value stood at $3,734 per acre in 2022, up 47.8 percent over 2017-2022, or 8.1 percent a year. Heat and drought caused 36 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, closed crop years, with a 70 percent share in 2000-2009 and a 28 percent share in 2010-2019. The July nightly low averaged 54.1 F in 2017-2026 against a 53.3 F normal for 1991-2020, with a trend of 0.44 F per decade since 1976 and no clear direction. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse ran 86 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 23 weeks in 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
WI median $139 · 2nd lowest of 67
WI median $5,565 · 9th lowest of 68
WI median 33% · 19th lowest of 68
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 1989. 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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence County | $25 | $3,734 | — | — |
| Dickinson County, MI | $22 2025 | $3,012 | — | $12.07 |
| Iron County, MI | — | $4,200 | — | — |
| Forest County | $40 | $4,747 | — | — |
| Marinette County | $124 | $5,176 | 134.1 | $5.85 |
| Median next door | $82 2 co. | $4,474 | 134.1 1 co. | $8.96 2 co. |
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. Florence County, Wisconsin. 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/wisconsin/florence-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.