Farmland Atlas · county record

Klamath County, Oregon

Klamath County, OR: irrigated cash rent $258 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,623 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 2.54 since 1994. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 41035. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
—
no dry rent published
Cash rent, irrigated
$258/ac
2026 county average
OR median $210 · 8th highest of 23
Land and buildings
$2,623/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OR median $4,773 · 15th lowest of 36
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$33.62
2016–2025, closed crop years
OR median $6.86 · highest of 23
Farmland rented
35%
2022 census, rented from others
OR median 28% · 12th highest of 36

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$140$258 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.

Irrigated, 2026$258/acno dry rent published

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,623/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,475/ac
Census 2017$2,189/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+19.8%+3.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

20092014201920241.604.352.241.00: 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$33.62
Loss ratio, 2016–20253.00claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20252.54$158.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium14 of 17
Worst year2024ratio 4.35
Largest causes of loss, 1994–2025irrigation failure 42% · freeze 22% · heat and drought 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250520

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, 2000–2025363 of 1,357 weeks27% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025122 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202648.1 °F1991–2020 normal 46.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.88 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September6.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 87% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202269%
Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland3,288 ac
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland4,194 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland4,131 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212203,5702,104

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,104 ac2.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202830 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$77/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025137.8 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202254,839−22.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202235%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Klamath County—$258$2,623$33.62
Modoc County, CA$22 2024$303 2025$4,267$21.36
Siskiyou County, CA$21 2023$250$4,174$27.49
Deschutes County—$133$12,883—
Douglas County$67 2025$158 2025$4,442$4.20
Jackson County$48 2025$152$12,421$14.34
Lake County$33$164$2,108—
Lane County$89$165$12,788$5.96
Median next door$61 2 co.$164$4,442$14.34

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. Klamath 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/klamath-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.