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Harmon County, Oklahoma

Harmon County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $33 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,346 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40057. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Harmon County stands at $33 per acre for 2026, up 34.7 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent was $141 per acre in 2023, and irrigation covers 16 percent of harvested cropland, with 99 percent of that water coming from groundwater as of 2015. Crop insurance closed years 1989-2025 paid out $210.7 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 72 percent; that share was 39 percent in 1989-1999, 77 percent in 2000-2009, 79 percent in 2010-2019, and 70 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 464 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, 126 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. Census land value reached $1,346 per acre in 2022, up 7.5 percent from 2017.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$33/ac
2026 county average
OK median $31 · tied for 27th highest of 74
Cash rent, irrigated
$141/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$1,346/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OK median $2,515 · 6th lowest of 77
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$41.80
2016–2025, closed crop years
OK median $19.63 · 3rd highest of 55
Farmland rented
47%
2022 census, rented from others
OK median 35% · 18th highest of 77

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$1402010201520202025$20$33 dry$114$141 irrigated

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$33/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+34.7%nominal, $25 to $33
Irrigated, 2023$141/ac
Pasture, 2026$15/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,346/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$953/ac
Census 2017$1,252/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+7.5%+1.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 16% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

1999200420092014201920243.113.650.281.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$41.80
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.47claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.58$210.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium14 of 27
Worst year2011ratio 3.65
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 72% · area plans 12% · hail 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020256530

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, 2000–2025464 of 1,357 weeks34% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201353 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025126 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.5 °F1991–2020 normal 70.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.25 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September17.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 92% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202216%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202214% of cropland19,018 ac
Cover crops, 202213% of cropland18,203 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212,39551,55910,290

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

CRP enrolled, 202510,290 ac14.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$27/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record620Oklahoma Water Resources Board groundwater wells
Median well depth149 ft
Cattle and calves, 202235,874−13.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202247%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Harmon County$33$141 2023$1,346$41.80
Beckham County$28—$1,768$20.45
Greer County$31—$1,439$39.38
Jackson County$38$138$1,760$42.19
Childress County, TX$25$26$1,687$46.89
Collingsworth County, TX$41—$1,213$30.24
Hardeman County, TX$23—$1,525$37.93
Median next door$29$82 2 co.$1,606$38.66

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. Harmon 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/harmon-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.