Norton County, Kansas
Norton County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $55 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,785 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 84.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20137. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Norton County runs $55 per acre, up 35.8 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigated rent was $178 per acre in 2023. Groundwater supplies 98 percent of irrigation water, drawn through 722 irrigation points of diversion with a median priority year of 1998. Crop insurance indemnities for 1989-2025 total $220.5 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 80 percent overall; that share was 20 percent in 1989-1999, 77 percent in 2000-2009, 84 percent in 2010-2019, and 82 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 335 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 with at least 50 percent of the area in severe drought or worse, including 53 weeks in 2013 alone. Census land value stood at $1,785 per acre in 2022, up 31.2 percent from 2017 to 2022.
KS median $58 · tied for 42nd lowest of 102
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
KS median $2,272 · 25th lowest of 104
KS median $12.59 · 17th highest of 104
KS median 54% · 43rd 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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton County | $55 | $178 2023 | $1,785 | — | $19.34 |
| Decatur County | $53 | — | $1,805 | — | $20.86 |
| Graham County | $42 | $110 | $1,393 | — | $19.38 |
| Phillips County | $58 | — | $1,912 | — | $11.57 |
| Sheridan County | $64 | $199 | $1,767 | — | $19.44 |
| Furnas County, NE | $88 | $235 | $2,895 | 136.1 | $12.94 |
| Harlan County, NE | $117 | $249 | $3,530 | 175.4 | $6.75 |
| Median next door | $61 | $217 | $1,859 | 155.8 2 co. | $16.16 |
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. Norton 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/norton-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.