Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Scott County is a marginal bolthole (49/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (37.7″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 5 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Scott County is a marginal bolthole (49/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (37.7″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 5 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Scott County runs about $10,076 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Scott County gets about 37.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 4.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 5 miles away, and population density is 380.4 people per square mile.