West Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
McDowell County is a strong bolthole (68/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (46.2″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and poor cropland soil.
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McDowell County is a strong bolthole (68/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (46.2″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and poor cropland soil.
Land in McDowell County runs about $4,027 per acre, based on the latest county data.
McDowell County gets about 46.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 116 miles away, and population density is 32.7 people per square mile.