West Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Upshur County is a strong bolthole (72/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (52.4″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: middling conditions for growing food.
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Upshur County is a strong bolthole (72/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (52.4″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Upshur County runs about $3,215 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Upshur County gets about 52.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 106 miles away, and population density is 66.3 people per square mile.