Iron County, Wisconsin
Iron County, WI: land and buildings $4,086 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55051. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Iron County had 8,578 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Land value in Iron County was $4,086 per acre in 2022, up 20.1 percent from 2017, or 3.7 percent a year. July nightly lows sit at 54.2 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 54.1 F, and no July since 1900 has averaged a low at or above 70 F. Drought weeks ran to 100 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2007 the worst year at 26 weeks, and 41 weeks from 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
WI median $5,565
WI median 33%
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 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron County | — | $4,086 | — |
| Gogebic County, MI | — | $3,602 | — |
| Ashland County | $39 | $3,235 | $8.59 |
| Price County | $37 | $3,063 | $6.34 |
| Vilas County | — | — | $3.65 |
| Median next door | $38 2 co. | $3,235 | $6.34 |
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. Iron 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/iron-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.