County deep-dive · snapshot 2026-05-14

Kings County

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13,129

parcels scored

855k

acres covered

Elevated

dominant band

79%

acres in Elevated band or higher

Water context

Kings’s water profile

Kings County straddles the Tulare Lake (Probationary), Kings, and Westside subbasins. Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP) deliveries to the lake bed get cut hardest in dry years, and groundwater on the western flank does the rest of the work.

Risk distribution

Acres by band

Kings’s farmable acreage broken down across the five risk bands.

Low

807 ac · 0.1%

Moderate

183k ac · 21.4%

Elevated

349k ac · 40.8%

High

298k ac · 34.9%

Severe

24k ac · 2.8%

What is grown

Top crop classes in Kings

Sourced from California Department of Water Resources Land IQ and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cropland Data Layer.

Annuals — medium water (tomatoes, melons, vegetables)

179k acres

Permanent — high water (almonds, walnuts, pistachios)

167k acres

Annuals — low water (wheat, sorghum)

167k acres

Permanent — low water (citrus, olives)

50k acres

Plus 278k acres classified as fallow or non-cropped — rangeland, dry-farmed acreage, and undeveloped agricultural parcels not in active production.

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