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Wallace County, KS

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Drought No droughtNone · most of county Drought pay (LFP) Not listedFSA 2026 list Burn ban Checkcall the county La Junta Winter 5-wt steers $379▲ $12 since last sale

Wallace County rain, outlook and forecast

Most of Wallace County, KS showed no drought on the Oct 27 U.S. Drought Monitor map; four weeks earlier 2% of the county was in moderate drought (D1) or worse, now 0%. Wallace County has had 143% of its normal rain in the past 30 days and 249% over 90 days, so the past month has been drier than the season so far; today carries the week's highest rain chance at 63% (high 67°) and the 6-10 day outlook for Nov 7–11 leans toward near-normal rain. Wallace County is not on FSA's 2026 LFP list yet, and the nearest USDA-reported sale barn is La Junta Winter, 115 miles away.

Rain vs normal

  • Last 30 days 143% of normal
  • Last 60 days 302% of normal
  • Last 90 days 249% of normal

NOAA river forecast center rain (radar plus gauges) at the county center, Nov 1, 2026. Source.

Rain outlook

  • 6-10 day outlook (Nov 7–11) Leans toward near-normal rain
  • 8-14 day outlook (Nov 9–15) Leans toward near-normal rain

NOAA Climate Prediction Center precipitation outlook, issued Nov 1, 2026. Source.

Next 7 days

  1. Today Slight Chance Rain Showers, high 67°, low 53°, 63% rain, wind 15–30 mph
  2. Monday Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, high 63°, low 41°, 63% rain, wind 15–30 mph
  3. Tuesday Mostly Sunny, high 52°, low 34°, 6% rain, wind 0–25 mph
  4. Wednesday Sunny, high 55°, low 34°, 34% rain, wind 0–5 mph
  5. Thursday Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny, high 51°, low 32°, 20% rain, wind 0–10 mph
  6. Friday Mostly Sunny, high 55°, low 35°, 17% rain, wind 0–5 mph
  7. Saturday Slight Chance Rain Showers, high 55°, low 36°, 17% rain, wind 5–10 mph

National Weather Service forecast for the county center, updated Nov 1, 2026. Wind, warnings and burn bans.

Open loss windows

No open loss windows in Wallace County right now. A 30-day window opens when the county first hits severe drought (D2), jumps to D3 or D4, or after a blizzard, extreme heat or cold, flood or ice warning, a wildfire, or a USDA disaster designation. Keep a Drought Ledger.

Information only; not financial, tax or legal advice. FSA decides eligibility. Cownty sends nothing to FSA.

Drought-sale tax flag IRS list

A county next to Wallace County is on IRS Notice 2026-54 (Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wichita County, KS). The IRS counts your county plus every county touching it.

Why it matters: if you sold breeding, dairy or draft livestock because of drought, the tax code may let you put off the gain (more time to buy replacement animals, or report the extra-sale income a year later). Your tax preparer decides whether either applies.

Work out your numbers and print a page for your preparer

Information only; not financial, tax or legal advice. Ask your tax preparer. FSA decides program eligibility. IRS Notice 2026-54 (PDF)

Where it is, with barns within 200 mi

Dots are sale barns USDA reports on. Tap one for its latest prices.

Who owns this land? Open the county property map

Grass grown on rangeland and pasture

Grass grown in 2025: 1,570 lb per acre, a little above normal (105% of the 1991-2020 average of 1,492).

How to read this

Each bar is one year's grass (darker = perennial grasses, lighter = annuals). The dashed line is the 1991-2020 average. A county average with cropland excluded, not your pasture.

How we got this

Satellite estimate of new above-ground growth of grasses and forbs for the year (annual + perennial, lb/acre), averaged over the county's grassland, pasture and shrubland (49% of the county in USDA's 2025 cropland map; farm fields are left out because the estimate isn't valid there, and the same 2025 map is used for every year). About about 120 m (RAP overview). Source: Rangeland Analysis Platform biomass v3 (data, Jones et al. 2021, CC0) and USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer.

Source: Rangeland Analysis Platform, 2025 season. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

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Nearest USDA-reported sale barns

  1. Winter Livestock (Tuesday) La Junta, CO 115 mi · sells Tuesdays · latest USDA report Oct 27, 2026
  2. La Junta Livestock Commission La Junta, CO 121 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Oct 28, 2026
  3. Winter Livestock Dodge City, KS 126 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Oct 28, 2026
  4. Sterling Livestock Commission Sterling, CO 139 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Oct 28, 2026
  5. Beaver Livestock Auction (feeder cattle) Beaver, OK 161 mi · sells Tuesdays · latest USDA report Oct 27, 2026

Miles are straight-line from the county center. Sale days come from the barns' recent USDA AMS reports; call the barn to confirm. All barns

Other barns nearby (not USDA-reported)

These barns are not in a USDA AMS report, so Cownty shows no prices for them. Sale days and phones come from the barns' own sites or public listings; call the barn to confirm. More barns

Printable county brief (PDF) · Everything on one page · Hay prices in Kansas

Common questions and nearby counties

Is Wallace County eligible for LFP in 2026?

Not on FSA's 2026 LFP county list as of Oct 29, 2026. FSA updates the list as drought changes.

Source: FSA LFP county file of Oct 29, 2026

What is the drought level in Wallace County this week?

On the Drought Monitor map of Oct 27, 2026, most of Wallace County was in no drought, and the worst part was no drought on 0% of the county. 0 straight weeks with some severe drought (D2) or worse.

Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, map of Oct 27, 2026

Is there a burn ban in Wallace County?

No official statewide list to check: Kansas has no statewide official burn-ban list; county commissions set bans and announce them locally (county emergency management or sheriff).

What sale barns are near Wallace County?

The nearest USDA-reported sale barns: La Junta Winter (115 mi), last report Oct 27, 2026; La Junta LJLC (121 mi), last report Oct 28, 2026; Dodge City (126 mi), last report Oct 28, 2026.

Source: USDA AMS Market News reports

What are the upcoming FSA and farm deadlines?

Next: Nov 20, 2026: Apply for NRCS conservation cost-share (EQIP, CSP, ACEP) to be considered for 2027 money; Nov 20, 2026: Micro Farm 2027: last day to buy crop insurance. FSA program dates not posted officially are marked "confirm at source" on the calendar.

Source: official agency pages (see Calendar)

Information only; not financial or legal advice. FSA decides eligibility. Always check the linked official source.