Douglas County, Oregon
Douglas County, OR: non-irrigated cash rent $67 an acre (2025); land and buildings $4,442 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 41019. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Douglas County runs $67 per acre; irrigated land commands $158 per acre. Irrigation covers 36 percent of harvested cropland, with only 2 percent of that water coming from groundwater as of 2015. The July nightly low has moved from 52.4 F to 53.4 F, and the longer trend since 1976 runs 0.63 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance losses since 2001 total $3.4 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 41 percent; heat and drought made up 1 percent of indemnities in 2010-2019 and 15 percent in 2020-2025. Census land values stand at $4,442 per acre, up 30.1 percent from 2017 to 2022.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
OR median $4,773 · 18th lowest of 36
OR median $6.86 · 9th lowest of 23
OR median 28% · 17th highest of 36
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 1995. 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas County | $67 2025 | $158 2025 | $4,442 | $4.20 |
| Coos County | $94 2025 | $102 2024 | $4,016 | $2.15 |
| Curry County | — | $225 | $5,104 | — |
| Jackson County | $48 2025 | $152 | $12,421 | $14.34 |
| Josephine County | $108 2025 | $132 2025 | $20,397 | $11.41 |
| Klamath County | — | $258 | $2,623 | $33.62 |
| Lane County | $89 | $165 | $12,788 | $5.96 |
| Median next door | $89 1 co. | $195 | $8,763 | $11.41 |
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. Douglas 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/douglas-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.