Wasco County, Oregon
Wasco County, OR: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,809 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.46 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 41065. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent in Wasco County runs $358 per acre in 2025, against $48 per acre for non-irrigated ground in 2026. That gap has held without a clear direction, at 7.78 in 2025 versus 8.33 in 2016. Heat and drought drove 56 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, with the share moving unevenly across periods: 63 percent in 1989-1999, 66 percent in 2000-2009, 35 percent in 2010-2019, 58 percent in 2020-2025. July nights have warmed, averaging 54.4 F over 2017-2026 against a 52.3 F normal for 1991-2020, with a 0.85 F per decade trend since 1976. The county spent 245 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 84 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025 alone.
OR median $100 · 2nd lowest of 15
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
OR median $4,773 · 8th lowest of 36
OR median $6.86 · 8th highest of 23
OR median 28% · 9th 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 1989. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasco County | $48 | $358 2025 | $1,809 | $10.70 |
| Clackamas County | $148 | $358 | $29,522 | $0.80 |
| Gilliam County | $55 | — | $1,338 | $12.77 |
| Hood River County | — | $759 | $19,141 | $2.49 |
| Jefferson County | — | $152 | $1,816 | $24.27 |
| Marion County | $181 | $322 | $17,033 | $0.88 |
| Sherman County | — | — | $1,410 | $9.32 |
| Wheeler County | — | — | $1,382 | — |
| Klickitat County, WA | $42 | $383 2024 | $2,482 | $8.03 |
| Median next door | $102 | $340 | $2,149 | $8.03 |
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. Wasco 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/wasco-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.