West Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Boone County is a strong bolthole (73/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (48.3″/yr) with little drought and deep isolation — 150 mi to the nearest city. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Boone County is a strong bolthole (73/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (48.3″/yr) with little drought and deep isolation — 150 mi to the nearest city. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Boone County runs about $2,129 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Boone County gets about 48.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 150 miles away, and population density is 41 people per square mile.