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Creek County, Oklahoma

Creek County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $19 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,971 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Creek County averages $19 per acre in 2026, up 8.6 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings was $2,971 per acre in 2022, after a change of 35.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, 6.3 percent a year. Cropland here is mostly rain-fed: irrigated share was 2 percent in the 2022 census. Crop insurance paid $781,397 across 1989-2024, with freeze and frost the largest cause at 47 percent; heat and drought's share moved from 25 percent in 1989-1999 to 12 percent in 2000-2009, 37 percent in 2010-2019, and 16 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 33 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 168 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$19/ac
2026 county average
OK median $31 · tied for 7th lowest of 74
Land and buildings
$2,971/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OK median $2,515 · 21st highest of 77
Rent as % of land value
—
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
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
17%
2022 census, rented from others
OK median 35% · 3rd lowest of 77

Cash rent

$0$10$202010201520202025$15$19 dry

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$19/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+8.6%nominal, $18 to $19
Pasture, 2026$15/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,971/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,788/ac
Census 2017$2,193/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+35.5%+6.3% 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 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2024freeze 47% · heat and drought 26% · excess moisture 25%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020252280

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, 2000–2025168 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200628 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202533 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.9 °F1991–2020 normal 70.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.24 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 104% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland402 ac
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland3,258 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland1,069 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210284284

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

CRP enrolled, 2025284 ac0.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$15/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record18Oklahoma Water Resources Board groundwater wells
Median well depth164 ft
Cattle and calves, 202241,318+5.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202217%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Creek County$19—$2,971—
Lincoln County$29—$3,128—
Okfuskee County$14—$2,545—
Okmulgee County$19—$3,106$8.17
Pawnee County$26—$2,155$27.95
Payne County$31—$3,264$24.21
Tulsa County$28$169$7,122$20.03
Median next door$27$169 1 co.$3,117$22.12

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. Creek 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/creek-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.