Farmland Atlas · county record

Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Cleveland County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $41 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,757 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Cleveland County is $41 per acre in 2026, up 57.7 percent from 2016. Land value runs $6,757 per acre, up 39.3 percent from 2017 to 2022, 6.9 percent a year. The county saw 39 weeks of severe drought or worse in 2011, and 59 weeks total across 2021-2025. July nights average 71.3 F for 2017-2026 against a 71.1 F normal, with a trend of 0.19 F per decade and no clear direction.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$41/ac

2026 county average
OK median $31 · 9th highest of 74

Land and buildings

$6,757/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OK median $2,515 · 3rd highest of 77

Rent as % of land value

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not shown: cropland is 33% 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

32%

2022 census, rented from others
OK median 35% · 36th 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$41/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+57.7%nominal, $26 to $41

Pasture, 2026$17/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,757/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$3,125/ac

Census 2017$4,851/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+39.3%+6.9% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 33% 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 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Loss ratio, 1989–20251.50$4.2 million paid

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 68% · excess moisture 20% · freeze 7%share of dollars 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, 2000–2025215 of 1,357 weeks16% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201139 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202559 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.3 °F1991–2020 normal 71.1 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.19 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September24.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 104% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger4.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20229%

Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland1,405 ac

Cover crops, 20224% of cropland1,585 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac

Irrigation wells on record252Oklahoma Water Resources Board groundwater wells

Median well depth200 ft

Solar and wind operating, 20252 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 202216,740−17.8% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202232%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Cleveland County	$41	—	$6,757	—
Canadian County	$39	$47	$3,406	$13.10
McClain County	$33	—	$3,806	$9.36
Oklahoma County	$43	—	$8,800	$13.94
Pottawatomie County	$21 2025	—	$3,181	$10.18
Median next door	$39	$47 1 co.	$3,606	$11.64

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. Cleveland 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/cleveland-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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