Farmland Atlas · county record

Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Cherokee County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $32 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,676 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40021. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in 2022 was $3,676 per acre, up 48 percent from 2017, 8.2 percent a year. Drought has touched the county in 119 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, 8.8 percent, with 2012 the worst year at 24 weeks; 2021-2025 saw 16 weeks. July nights average 70.4 F for 2017-2026 against a 69.9 F normal for 1991-2020, with no clear direction in the trend since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$32/ac

2026 county average
OK median $31 · tied for 33rd highest of 74

Land and buildings

$3,676/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OK median $2,515 · 7th highest of 77

Rent as % of land value

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not shown: cropland is 21% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield, median

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fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

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under the premium floor for a figure

Farmland rented

25%

2022 census, rented from others
OK median 35% · 16th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$32/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+21.2%nominal, $26 to $32

Pasture, 2026$28/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,676/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,370/ac

Census 2017$2,483/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+48.0%+8.2% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 21% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1994. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Loss ratio, 1994–20250.00$11,120 paid

Drought and weather

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025119 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201224 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202516 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.4 °F1991–2020 normal 69.9 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.27 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September27.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms

Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland31 ac

Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland1,713 ac

Cover crops, 20222% of cropland769 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 202579 ac

CRP expiring FY2026–202838 ac

Irrigation wells on record7Oklahoma Water Resources Board groundwater wells

Median well depth300 ft

Cattle and calves, 202248,123+11.7% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202225%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Cherokee County	$32	$3,676	—
Adair County	$42	$3,426	—
Delaware County	$44	$3,409	$12.10
Mayes County	$31	$3,529	$18.84
Muskogee County	$34	$2,977	$11.43
Sequoyah County	$18	$3,093	$10.69
Wagoner County	$27	$3,764	$11.41
Median next door	$33	$3,418	$11.43

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, 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/cherokee-county

Every 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.

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