Cherokee County, North Carolina
Cherokee County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $74 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,855 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 176.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37039. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Cherokee County averages $74 per acre in 2026. Census land and building value stood at $6,855 per acre in 2022, up 39.7 percent from 2017, 6.9 percent a year. Only 5 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated. Heat and drought caused 36 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1995-2025 and 48 percent from 2020-2025, and the July nightly low has warmed 0.38 F per decade since 1976.
NC median $80 · tied for 37th lowest of 85
NC median $5,711 · 28th highest of 92
NC median 35% · 31st lowest of 94
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 1995. 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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee County | $74 | $6,855 | — |
| Fannin County, GA | — | $10,817 | — |
| Union County, GA | $45 | $8,109 | — |
| Clay County | $65 2024 | $6,386 | — |
| Graham County | — | $8,917 | — |
| Macon County | $54 2025 | $8,663 | — |
| Monroe County, TN | $53 | $5,749 | $11.57 |
| Polk County, TN | $57 2025 | $6,300 | $19.10 |
| Median next door | $49 2 co. | $8,109 | $15.34 2 co. |
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. Cherokee County, North Carolina. 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/north-carolina/cherokee-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.