Conservation payments in Washington County, Iowa totaled $6.3 million in 2010
Counties in Washington County, Iowa Receiving Subtotal, Conservation Programs payments, 2010
| Rank | County | Subtotal, Conservation Programs 2010 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa NRCS | $17,321,655 | 7.2% | 7.2% |
| 2 | Washington County, Iowa | $6,341,294 | 2.6% | 9.8% |
| 3 | Clayton County, Iowa | $5,439,774 | 2.3% | 12.1% |
| 4 | Keokuk County, Iowa | $5,187,235 | 2.2% | 14.2% |
| 5 | Winneshiek County, Iowa | $4,810,401 | 2.0% | 16.2% |
| 6 | Fayette County, Iowa | $4,353,084 | 1.8% | 18.0% |
| 7 | Guthrie County, Iowa | $4,161,784 | 1.7% | 19.7% |
| 8 | Allamakee County, Iowa | $3,992,500 | 1.7% | 21.4% |
| 9 | Ringgold County, Iowa | $3,912,520 | 1.6% | 23.0% |
| 10 | Mahaska County, Iowa | $3,841,886 | 1.6% | 24.6% |
| 11 | Taylor County, Iowa | $3,820,051 | 1.6% | 26.2% |
| 12 | Henry County, Iowa | $3,768,475 | 1.6% | 27.8% |
| 13 | Tama County, Iowa | $3,664,731 | 1.5% | 29.3% |
| 14 | Jefferson County, Iowa | $3,530,477 | 1.5% | 30.7% |
| 15 | Iowa County, Iowa | $3,523,476 | 1.5% | 32.2% |
| 16 | Jackson County, Iowa | $3,514,541 | 1.5% | 33.7% |
| 17 | Wayne County, Iowa | $3,331,578 | 1.4% | 35.0% |
| 18 | Decatur County, Iowa | $3,265,692 | 1.4% | 36.4% |
| 19 | Davis County, Iowa | $2,925,582 | 1.2% | 37.6% |
| 20 | Webster County, Iowa | $2,908,438 | 1.2% | 38.8% |
| 21 | Dubuque County, Iowa | $2,903,300 | 1.2% | 40.0% |
| 22 | Adair County, Iowa | $2,881,763 | 1.2% | 41.2% |
| 23 | Calhoun County, Iowa | $2,867,752 | 1.2% | 42.4% |
| 24 | Butler County, Iowa | $2,847,183 | 1.2% | 43.6% |
| 25 | Floyd County, Iowa | $2,831,557 | 1.2% | 44.7% |
| 26 | Marion County, Iowa | $2,824,240 | 1.2% | 45.9% |
| 27 | Audubon County, Iowa | $2,819,403 | 1.2% | 47.1% |
| 28 | Wright County, Iowa | $2,751,753 | 1.1% | 48.2% |
| 29 | Union County, Iowa | $2,672,406 | 1.1% | 49.3% |
| 30 | Johnson County, Iowa | $2,657,025 | 1.1% | 50.4% |
| 31 | Howard County, Iowa | $2,653,776 | 1.1% | 51.5% |
| 32 | Madison County, Iowa | $2,645,601 | 1.1% | 52.6% |
| 33 | Kossuth County, Iowa | $2,627,859 | 1.1% | 53.7% |
| 34 | Warren County, Iowa | $2,620,195 | 1.1% | 54.8% |
| 35 | Adams County, Iowa | $2,603,034 | 1.1% | 55.9% |
| 36 | Delaware County, Iowa | $2,557,075 | 1.1% | 56.9% |
| 37 | Palo Alto County, Iowa | $2,532,608 | 1.0% | 58.0% |
| 38 | Van Buren County, Iowa | $2,518,332 | 1.0% | 59.0% |
| 39 | Louisa County, Iowa | $2,455,722 | 1.0% | 60.1% |
| 40 | Poweshiek County, Iowa | $2,450,676 | 1.0% | 61.1% |
| 41 | Cass County, Iowa | $2,378,577 | 1.0% | 62.1% |
| 42 | Carroll County, Iowa | $2,276,034 | 0.9% | 63.0% |
| 43 | Jones County, Iowa | $2,218,056 | 0.9% | 63.9% |
| 44 | Benton County, Iowa | $2,198,459 | 0.9% | 64.8% |
| 45 | Wapello County, Iowa | $2,184,243 | 0.9% | 65.7% |
| 46 | Greene County, Iowa | $2,125,404 | 0.9% | 66.6% |
| 47 | Lee County, Iowa | $2,117,040 | 0.9% | 67.5% |
| 48 | Franklin County, Iowa | $2,109,916 | 0.9% | 68.4% |
| 49 | Hamilton County, Iowa | $2,107,142 | 0.9% | 69.2% |
| 50 | Appanoose County, Iowa | $2,051,594 | 0.9% | 70.1% |
| 51 | Clarke County, Iowa | $2,039,485 | 0.8% | 70.9% |
| 52 | Page County, Iowa | $2,030,511 | 0.8% | 71.8% |
| 53 | Lucas County, Iowa | $2,013,589 | 0.8% | 72.6% |
| 54 | Clay County, Iowa | $1,987,878 | 0.8% | 73.4% |
| 55 | Marshall County, Iowa | $1,949,781 | 0.8% | 74.2% |
| 56 | Cedar County, Iowa | $1,931,300 | 0.8% | 75.0% |
| 57 | Boone County, Iowa | $1,928,742 | 0.8% | 75.8% |
| 58 | Muscatine County, Iowa | $1,925,538 | 0.8% | 76.6% |
| 59 | Monroe County, Iowa | $1,921,521 | 0.8% | 77.4% |
| 60 | Clinton County, Iowa | $1,875,055 | 0.8% | 78.2% |
| 61 | Chickasaw County, Iowa | $1,855,613 | 0.8% | 79.0% |
| 62 | Jasper County, Iowa | $1,793,699 | 0.7% | 79.7% |
| 63 | Linn County, Iowa | $1,784,740 | 0.7% | 80.5% |
| 64 | Plymouth County, Iowa | $1,771,739 | 0.7% | 81.2% |
| 65 | Hancock County, Iowa | $1,752,248 | 0.7% | 81.9% |
| 66 | Winnebago County, Iowa | $1,750,915 | 0.7% | 82.7% |
| 67 | Woodbury County, Iowa | $1,734,457 | 0.7% | 83.4% |
| 68 | Montgomery County, Iowa | $1,732,659 | 0.7% | 84.1% |
| 69 | Hardin County, Iowa | $1,721,576 | 0.7% | 84.8% |
| 70 | Harrison County, Iowa | $1,685,369 | 0.7% | 85.5% |
| 71 | Pocahontas County, Iowa | $1,648,906 | 0.7% | 86.2% |
| 72 | Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | $1,604,914 | 0.7% | 86.9% |
| 73 | Sac County, Iowa | $1,597,081 | 0.7% | 87.5% |
| 74 | Worth County, Iowa | $1,557,678 | 0.6% | 88.2% |
| 75 | Dallas County, Iowa | $1,529,038 | 0.6% | 88.8% |
| 76 | Story County, Iowa | $1,492,677 | 0.6% | 89.4% |
| 77 | Pottawattamie County, Iowa | $1,487,635 | 0.6% | 90.0% |
| 78 | Humboldt County, Iowa | $1,468,742 | 0.6% | 90.6% |
| 79 | Buena Vista County, Iowa | $1,422,283 | 0.6% | 91.2% |
| 80 | Shelby County, Iowa | $1,296,128 | 0.5% | 91.8% |
| 81 | Des Moines County, Iowa | $1,289,068 | 0.5% | 92.3% |
| 82 | Grundy County, Iowa | $1,271,382 | 0.5% | 92.8% |
| 83 | Sioux County, Iowa | $1,268,943 | 0.5% | 93.4% |
| 84 | Fremont County, Iowa | $1,265,377 | 0.5% | 93.9% |
| 85 | Osceola County, Iowa | $1,180,830 | 0.5% | 94.4% |
| 86 | Buchanan County, Iowa | $1,155,905 | 0.5% | 94.8% |
| 87 | Bremer County, Iowa | $1,154,308 | 0.5% | 95.3% |
| 88 | Black Hawk County, Iowa | $1,110,221 | 0.5% | 95.8% |
| 89 | Crawford County, Iowa | $1,060,973 | 0.4% | 96.2% |
| 90 | Emmet County, Iowa | $1,041,506 | 0.4% | 96.7% |
| 91 | Mitchell County, Iowa | $1,015,696 | 0.4% | 97.1% |
| 92 | Ida County, Iowa | $962,927 | 0.4% | 97.5% |
| 93 | Dickinson County, Iowa | $953,954 | 0.4% | 97.9% |
| 94 | Mills County, Iowa | $929,725 | 0.4% | 98.3% |
| 95 | Monona County, Iowa | $803,202 | 0.3% | 98.6% |
| 96 | O'Brien County, Iowa | $798,741 | 0.3% | 98.9% |
| 97 | Scott County, Iowa | $794,856 | 0.3% | 99.3% |
| 98 | Polk County, Iowa | $789,831 | 0.3% | 99.6% |
| 99 | Cherokee County, Iowa | $509,353 | 0.2% | 99.8% |
| 100 | Lyon County, Iowa | $507,766 | 0.2% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011and 2012 are incomplete due to missing data from USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service. In addition some payments made in 2010 were not assigned to recipients in the data received from NRCS. Those payments are also not included.
The information provided for the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) provides an inaccurate picture of how WRP payments are distributed. USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service uses title companies as intermediaries to finalize wetlands easements under the Wetlands Reserve Program. As a result, the data provided to us shows large sums of money going to these title companies. In reality, the payments are ultimately distributed to landowners participating in the WRP.
Unfortunately, NRCS has not provided the data to show where these farms and wetlands are located or which farmers or landowners are enrolling in the program, so EWG is unable to allocate these large sums of money to individuals beyond the title companies. Therefore, these companies skew the conservation rankings and payment concentration, which EWG cannot avoid unless and until NRCS makes available the additional farm attribution data. Therefore, we have not included WRP payments in the 2011 or 2012 data update.
We have separated data on farm commodity, disaster and conservation payments in order to provide a more accurate picture of top recipients and concentration of payments among the three main categories of USDA programs.
Finally, EWG works hard to ensure the accuracy of the information it provides through its products and services, but obtains data for the Farm Subsidy Database from the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Therefore, EWG cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information USDA provides or any analysis based thereon. If you find an error or discrepancy on the site, please contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office to check its records before contacting EWG.
