Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Ottawa County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $52 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,225 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 98.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40115. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Ottawa County runs $52 per acre in 2026, up 62.5 percent from 2016. Land value stood at $3,225 per acre in the 2022 census, up 16.2 percent from 2017. Heat and drought drove 61 percent of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, and its share rose from 27 percent in 1989-1999 to 22 percent in 2000-2009 to 62 percent in 2010-2019 to 77 percent in 2020-2025. The county carried at least 50 percent coverage in severe drought or worse for 126 of 1357 weeks since 2000, with 39 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, and irrigation failure indemnities total $21,311 across all closed years.
OK median $31 · highest of 74
OK median $2,515 · 13th highest of 77
OK median 71.1 · highest of 4
OK median $19.63 · 20th lowest of 55
OK median 35% · 31st 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.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa County | $52 | $3,225 | 98.3 | $16.22 |
| Cherokee County, KS | $70 | $2,676 | 117.0 | $12.57 |
| McDonald County, MO | $46 | $3,910 | — | $21.97 |
| Newton County, MO | $60 | $4,732 | — | $15.13 |
| Craig County | $32 | $2,579 | — | $21.69 |
| Delaware County | $44 | $3,409 | — | $12.10 |
| Median next door | $46 | $3,409 | 117.0 1 co. | $15.13 |
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. Ottawa 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/ottawa-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.