Niobrara County, Wyoming
Niobrara County, WY: non-irrigated cash rent $14 an acre (2025); land and buildings $791 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 56027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland here rents for $135 per acre in 2026, against $14 per acre for non-irrigated ground, and irrigation draws 91 percent of its water from groundwater as of 2015. Non-irrigated rent is up 16.7 percent from 2013 to 2025. The heat and drought share of crop insurance indemnities has moved 3 percent, 9 percent, 48 percent, 55 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. July nightly lows have warmed 0.54 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average of 57.5 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.2 F. Census land value rose 26.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 4.8 percent a year.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
WY median $78 · 3rd highest of 15
WY median $1,248 · 3rd lowest of 22
WY median $8.14 · 4th lowest of 12
WY median 33% · 12th lowest of 23
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. 2026, still open, is left out.
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niobrara County | $14 2025 | $135 | $791 | — | $3.57 |
| Sioux County, NE | $24 | $144 | $1,283 | 168.7 | $5.68 |
| Custer County, SD | $29 | — | $1,832 | — | $27.30 |
| Fall River County, SD | $24 | — | $1,082 | — | $22.49 |
| Converse County | — | — | $709 | — | — |
| Goshen County | $21 2025 | $170 | $1,871 | — | $10.45 |
| Platte County | $22 2025 | $120 2025 | $1,028 | — | $10.76 |
| Weston County | $17 2023 | — | $953 | — | $36.60 |
| Median next door | $24 | $157 2 co. | $1,082 | 168.7 1 co. | $16.63 |
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. Niobrara County, Wyoming. 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/wyoming/niobrara-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.