Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Black Hawk County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths are low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (37.1″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (50 mi).
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Black Hawk County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths: low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (37.1″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (50 mi).
Land in Black Hawk County runs about $9,980 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Black Hawk County gets about 37.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 11.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 50 miles away, and population density is 230.6 people per square mile.