Pocahontas County, West Virginia property search
Search an address or an owner in Pocahontas County, West Virginia with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 14,559 lots are mapped here, covering 609,249 acres. 1,814 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Pocahontas County received $1.4 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 191 recipients. 11,065 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Canada. Crop insurance paid $1,128 in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 14,559
- Lots mapped
- 609,249
- Acres
- 1,814
- Institutional
Land use in Pocahontas County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Pocahontas County, West Virginia| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| 101 - Residential 1 Family | 4,672 | 30,805 |
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| 100 - Residential Vacant | 4,671 | 52,193 |
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| 112 - Active Farm | 2,234 | 135,030 |
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| 109 - Auxiliary Improvement | 826 | 5,916 |
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| 108 - Mobile Home | 661 | 6,402 |
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| 600 - Vacant Exempt Land | 435 | 280,138 |
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| 620 - Religious | 110 | 115 |
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| 300 - Vacant Commercial Land | 95 | 396 |
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| 610 - Recreational/Health | 94 | 45,372 |
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| 601 - Cemetery | 53 | 46 |
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| 114 - Conservation easement perpetual | 43 | 4,209 |
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| 123 - Large Vac Tract - Unknown Potential | 39 | 8,384 |
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Largest landowners in Pocahontas County
Largest landowners by acreage in Pocahontas County, West Virginia| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| WEST VIRGINIA STATE OF DIV STATE PARKS | 13 | 13,303 |
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| STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA GAME & FISH COMMISSION | 1 | 10,419 |
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| BECKWITH LUMBER COMPANY INC | 37 | 9,031 |
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| SNOWSHOE MOUNTAIN INC | 85 | 8,487 |
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| STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA | 12 | 5,698 |
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| WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY; CNX LAND LLC | 1 | 3,677 |
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | 1 | 2,667 |
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| BECKWITH LUMBER COMPANY | 8 | 2,138 |
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| SWAGO FARMS LTD PARTNERSHIP | 21 | 1,983 |
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| IBEX INVEST LTD | 2 | 1,770 |
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Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in West Virginia
Federal farm payments in Pocahontas County
- $1.4M
- Paid in 2025
- 191
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Livestock Forage Disaster Program | $525K |
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| Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24 | $514K |
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| Livestock Forage Program | $133K |
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| Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish ELAP | $83K |
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| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $73K |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $29K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Pocahontas County
- 11,065
- Acres disclosed
- 4
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Canada | 10,540 |
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| United Kingdom | 500 |
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| Luxembourg | 25 |
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Largest disclosed holders
Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Pocahontas County, West Virginia| Holder (country) | Acres |
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| (CANADA) | 7,941 |
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| SILVER CREEK RESORT, INC. (CANADA) | 2,599 |
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| SNOWSHOE MOUNTAIN RESORT (LUXEMBOURG) | 25 |
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USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county
Crop insurance in Pocahontas County
- 8
- Policies
- 324
- Insured acres
- $1K
- Claims paid
- 0.23
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| All Other Crops | $1K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 175
- CRP acres, 2025
- 11
- Substations
- 138 kV
- Highest voltage
Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.
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Pocahontas County last published these records on July 18, 2025. Assessment records, not a survey.