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Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Wagoner County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $27 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,764 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 72.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40145. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Wagoner County runs $26 per acre in 2026, down 5.4 percent from 2016. Land and buildings carry a census value of $3,764 per acre, up 32.9 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields trended up 3.5 bushels per acre a year over 2010-2024, with a median of 72.3 bushels per acre and a low of 21.5 in 2011. Heat and drought drove 47 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, and its share rose across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, and 2010-2019 before easing to 45 percent in 2020-2025. Drought held severe level or worse for 130 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2012 the worst year at 25 weeks. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$27/ac
2026 county average
OK median $31 · tied for 26th lowest of 74
Land and buildings
$3,764/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OK median $2,515 · 6th highest of 77
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.27
$27 ÷ 98.1 bu, recent yield 2020–2024
Corn yield, 2010–2024 median
72.3 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 98.1
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.41
2016–2025, closed crop years
OK median $19.63 · 5th lowest of 55
Farmland rented
38%
2022 census, rented from others
OK median 35% · 33rd highest of 77

Cash rent

$0$10$20$302010201520202025$22$27 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$27/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−5.4%nominal, $28 to $27
Pasture, 2026$18/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.27$27 ÷ 98.1 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,764/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,428/ac
Census 2017$2,833/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+32.9%+5.8% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 47% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2010201220142016201820202022202478.521.552.840.372.371.4106.1106.955.5109.681.2median 72.3

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2010–202472.3 bu/ac11 published years
Recent level, 2020–202498.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 21.5 bu/ac30% of median
Trend, 2010–2024+3.5 bu/ac a year±3.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20082013201820230.422.420.831.00: 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$11.41
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.79claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.69$22.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 18
Worst year2022ratio 2.42
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 47% · excess moisture 37% · freeze 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020253250

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, 2000–2025130 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201225 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202530 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.7 °F1991–2020 normal 71.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.22 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20228%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland760 ac
Farmed no-till, 202244% of cropland41,845 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland1,489 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101,7161,667

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,667 ac2.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$15/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record226Oklahoma Water Resources Board groundwater wells
Median well depth35 ft
Cattle and calves, 202232,996−2.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202238%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Wagoner County$27—$3,764$11.41
Cherokee County$32—$3,676—
Mayes County$31—$3,529$18.84
Muskogee County$34—$2,977$11.43
Okmulgee County$19—$3,106$8.17
Rogers County$22—$3,964$17.42
Tulsa County$28$169$7,122$20.03
Median next door$29$169 1 co.$3,603$17.42

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. Wagoner 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/wagoner-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.