Crawford County, Michigan
Crawford County, MI: land and buildings $4,483 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26039. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Crawford County had 1,230 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Land value in the 2022 census stands at $4,483 per acre, with a change of 28 percent, 5.1 percent a year over 2017-2022. July nights average 56.3 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 55 F, with a warming trend of 0.65 F per decade since 1976. No Julys since 1900 have averaged a low at or above 70 F. Drought has touched the county in 26 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, worst in 2003 with 13 weeks, and 13 weeks from 2021-2025. No harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
MI median $5,270
MI median 34%
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
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 | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Crawford County | — | $4,483 |
| Kalkaska County | $59 | $3,799 |
| Oscoda County | $65 | $3,847 |
| Otsego County | $30 | $3,545 |
| Roscommon County | — | $4,073 |
| Median next door | $59 | $3,823 |
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. Crawford County, Michigan. 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/michigan/crawford-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.