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Clackamas County, Oregon

Clackamas County, OR: non-irrigated cash rent $148 an acre (2026); land and buildings $29,522 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 41005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Clackamas County averages $148 per acre in 2026, up 49.5 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent is $358 per acre, a multiple of 2.42 over non-irrigated rent in 2026, compared with 2.85 in 2008, with no clear direction in that multiple. Land value under the census stands at $29,522 per acre, up 37.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 6.5 percent a year. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 0.77, above the 1995-2025 ratio of 0.2, and heat and drought's share of indemnities rose from 21 percent in 2010-2019 to 33 percent in 2020-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$148/ac
2026 county average
OR median $100 · 4th highest of 15
Cash rent, irrigated
$358/ac
2026 county average
OR median $210 · 3rd highest of 23
Land and buildings
$29,522/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OR median $4,773 · highest of 36
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$0.80
2016–2025, closed crop years
OR median $6.86 · 2nd lowest of 23
Farmland rented
25%
2022 census, rented from others
OR median 28% · 14th lowest of 36

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$300$3502010201520202025$100$148 dry$285$358 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$148/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+49.5%nominal, $99 to $148
Irrigated, 2026$358/ac
Pasture, 2026$65/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$29,522/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$13,486/ac
Census 2017$21,514/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+37.2%+6.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 32% 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

200420080.000.010.000.001.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. 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$0.80
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.77claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20250.20$3.2 million paid
Worst year2006ratio 0.01
Largest causes of loss, 2002–2025heat and drought 25% · excess moisture 21% · price decline (revenue policies) 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202502515

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, 2000–2025146 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202125 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202558 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202652.5 °F1991–2020 normal 51.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.65 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September18.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 88% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202232%
Drained by tile, 202225% of cropland20,458 ac
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland5,048 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland4,668 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210159138

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

CRP enrolled, 2025138 ac0.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283 ac2% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$92/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202589.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202213,391−9.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202225%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Clackamas County$148$358$29,522$0.80
Hood River County—$759$19,141$2.49
Marion County$181$322$17,033$0.88
Multnomah County$164 2025$274$27,472—
Wasco County$48$358 2025$1,809$10.70
Washington County$135$251$22,445$2.70
Yamhill County$166$349$12,747$1.26
Median next door$151$322$18,087$2.49

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. Clackamas County, Oregon. 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/oregon/clackamas-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.