Cherokee County, Texas
Cherokee County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $18 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,007 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48073. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Cherokee County stands at $18 per acre, up 24.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. The July nightly low averaged 73.2 F over 2017-2026 against a 72.6 F normal for 1991-2020, with a warming trend of 0.44 F per decade since 1976. Drought was present in 171 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 52 weeks in 2011 alone; crop insurance losses ran low, with a 0.28 loss ratio from 1990-2022 and freeze and frost the largest cause of indemnities. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
TX median $27 · tied for 26th lowest of 189
TX median $2,782 · 75th highest of 246
TX median 39% · 96th lowest of 251
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 1990. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee County | $18 | $4,007 | — |
| Anderson County | $29 | $3,818 | $51.29 |
| Angelina County | $11 2024 | $4,498 | — |
| Henderson County | $37 | $4,699 | — |
| Houston County | $20 | $3,488 | $36.42 |
| Nacogdoches County | $18 | $4,382 | — |
| Rusk County | $15 | $3,819 | — |
| Smith County | $22 | $7,161 | — |
| Median next door | $21 | $4,382 | $43.86 2 co. |
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. Cherokee County, Texas. 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/texas/cherokee-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.