Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Pontotoc County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $18 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,534 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40123. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Pontotoc County runs $18 per acre in 2026, up 20.7 percent from 2016. Census land and buildings value is $2,534 per acre in 2022, up 16.9 percent from 2017, 3.2 percent a year. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2022, at 41 percent, and its share rose from 30 percent in 1989-1999 to 69 percent in 2010-2019. The county logged 48 weeks in severe drought or worse in 2021-2025, against 197 weeks total across 2000-2025, with 2006 the worst single year at 38 weeks. July nights average 72 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 70.9 F, though the long-run trend since 1976 shows no clear direction.
OK median $31 · tied for 4th lowest of 74
OK median $2,515 · 37th highest of 77
OK median 35% · 7th 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
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.
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontotoc County | $18 | $2,534 | — |
| Coal County | $19 | $2,116 | — |
| Garvin County | $26 | $2,714 | $13.53 |
| Hughes County | $20 | $2,225 | — |
| Johnston County | $15 | $2,523 | — |
| McClain County | $33 | $3,806 | $9.36 |
| Murray County | $22 | $2,724 | — |
| Pottawatomie County | $21 2025 | $3,181 | $10.18 |
| Seminole County | $13 | $2,633 | — |
| Median next door | $20 | $2,674 | $10.18 |
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. Pontotoc 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/pontotoc-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.