Carter County, Oklahoma
Carter County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $13 an acre (2025); land and buildings $2,570 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40019. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Carter County runs $12 per acre, up 4.2 percent from 2014 to 2025. Land value sits at $2,570 per acre in the 2022 census, up 26.6 percent from 2017 to 2022. Drought is the recurring feature here: the county spent 267 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 in severe drought or worse, with 2022 alone reaching 45 weeks, and 75 weeks came in 2021-2025 alone. Heat and drought drove 55 percent of crop insurance indemnities in 1989-1999 and 71 percent in 2010-2019, out of $423,974 in total indemnities across 1989-2015. Only 6 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
OK median $2,515 · 35th highest of 77
OK median 35% · 23rd lowest of 77
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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter County | $13 2025 | $2,570 | — |
| Garvin County | $26 | $2,714 | $13.53 |
| Jefferson County | $31 | $1,957 | — |
| Johnston County | $15 | $2,523 | — |
| Love County | $19 | $2,908 | — |
| Marshall County | $23 | $2,584 | $25.26 |
| Murray County | $22 | $2,724 | — |
| Stephens County | $23 | $2,407 | — |
| Median next door | $23 | $2,584 | $19.40 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. Carter County, Oklahoma. 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/oklahoma/carter-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.