Jefferson County, Oregon
Jefferson County, OR: irrigated cash rent $152 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,816 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 41031. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigation covers 88 percent of harvested cropland here, with groundwater supplying 3 percent of that water as of 2015. This matters because drought exposure is real: 328 of 1357 weeks since 2000 sat in severe drought or worse, 24.2 percent, and 2021 alone carried 52 weeks, with 149 weeks total across 2021-2025. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 0 percent in 2000-2009 to 12 percent in 2010-2019 to 30 percent in 2020-2025. The July nightly low has moved from 49.5 F (1991-2020 normal) to 51.6 F (2017-2026), with a warming trend of 0.81 F per decade since 1976.
OR median $210 · tied for 6th lowest of 23
OR median $4,773 · 9th lowest of 36
OR median $6.86 · 2nd highest of 23
OR median 28% · 3rd lowest 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 1993. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | — | $152 | $1,816 | $24.27 |
| Crook County | — | $129 | $1,808 | — |
| Deschutes County | — | $133 | $12,883 | — |
| Linn County | $150 | $210 | $10,406 | $0.32 |
| Marion County | $181 | $322 | $17,033 | $0.88 |
| Wasco County | $48 | $358 2025 | $1,809 | $10.70 |
| Wheeler County | — | — | $1,382 | — |
| Median next door | $150 | $172 | $6,108 | $0.88 |
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. Jefferson 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/jefferson-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.