Custer County, Oklahoma
Custer County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $39 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,869 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40039. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Custer County runs $39 per acre for 2026, down 2.5 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent is $136 per acre in 2025, and irrigation covers 6 percent of harvested cropland, drawing 99 percent of its water from groundwater. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $97.2 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 72 percent, and that share has moved from 53 percent in 1989-1999 to 63 percent in 2000-2009 to 68 percent in 2010-2019 to 86 percent in 2020-2025. Wind capacity operating stands at 1146 MW, with no solar and no new wind proposed to EIA.
OK median $31 · tied for 13th highest of 74
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
OK median $2,515 · 19th lowest of 77
OK median $19.63 · 26th lowest of 55
OK median 35% · 21st highest 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custer County | $39 | $136 2025 | $1,869 | $18.67 |
| Beckham County | $28 | — | $1,768 | $20.45 |
| Blaine County | $32 | $129 2024 | $2,025 | $15.41 |
| Caddo County | $37 | $123 | $2,275 | $12.11 |
| Dewey County | $30 | — | $1,539 | $27.67 |
| Roger Mills County | $29 | — | $1,374 | $27.98 |
| Washita County | $40 | $66 2023 | $1,665 | $25.22 |
| Median next door | $31 | $123 1 co. | $1,717 | $22.84 |
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. Custer 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/custer-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.