Comanche County, Kansas
Comanche County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $36 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,550 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Comanche County averages $36 per acre, up 14.5 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigated cash rent runs $107 per acre in 2025, and all irrigation water comes from groundwater as of 2015, drawn from 175 irrigation points of diversion with a median priority year of 1976. Heat and drought account for 80 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, and their share has moved up each period: 44 percent in 1989-1999, 68 percent in 2000-2009, 85 percent in 2010-2019, and 89 percent in 2020-2025.
KS median $58 · 6th lowest of 102
KS median of 2025 surveys $148 · 2nd lowest of 10
KS median $2,272 · 9th lowest of 104
KS median $12.59 · 9th highest of 104
KS median 54% · 46th highest of 104
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche County | $36 | $107 2025 | $1,550 | $20.84 |
| Barber County | $43 | — | $1,941 | $17.11 |
| Clark County | $38 | — | $1,288 | $16.85 |
| Kiowa County | $39 | $144 2025 | $1,601 | $8.25 |
| Harper County, OK | $27 | — | $1,147 | $34.87 |
| Woods County, OK | $35 | — | $1,550 | $26.34 |
| Median next door | $38 | — | $1,550 | $17.11 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Comanche County, Kansas. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/kansas/comanche-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.